Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . Fig. 226.—Stemmed chipped flint. CHIPPED FLINTS, WIDE STEMS. 159. Fib. 227.—Stemmed chipped flint. lines; generally thick. Those with convex base are all of medium size,while those with concave base range froman inch to 4 inches in length. The form is indicated in figure 227, repre-senting a good specimen from Dane county,Wisconsin. It is found over southern Wis-consin; northeastern Alabama and Coosavalley; southwestern Illinois and Browncounty in the same state; central NorthCarolina; northwestern Ge
Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . Fig. 226.—Stemmed chipped flint. CHIPPED FLINTS, WIDE STEMS. 159. Fib. 227.—Stemmed chipped flint. lines; generally thick. Those with convex base are all of medium size,while those with concave base range froman inch to 4 inches in length. The form is indicated in figure 227, repre-senting a good specimen from Dane county,Wisconsin. It is found over southern Wis-consin; northeastern Alabama and Coosavalley; southwestern Illinois and Browncounty in the same state; central NorthCarolina; northwestern Georgia and aboutSavannah; eastern Tennessee; Miami andScioto valleys, Ohio; Kanawha valley;southwestern Arkansas; South Carolina;and Keokuk, Iowa. /. Edges parallel, or nearly so most of the length, with abrupt curveto the point; base straight or slightly convex;stem expanding by straightf\ or curved lines; notched infrom the corners of the basegiving long barbs, which, ina lew, project slightly be-yond the line of edges; thin;well worked; from 2 to 4inches long. The specimen illustratedin figure 228 is from Danecounty,Wisconsin,and thereare several ot
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