. Bulletin. Ethnology. holmes] ABORIGINAL AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES PART I 323 i;C(miliin(vl I'rcs- s u V O .-lIKl I'lM-CUS- sidiil for Iho flakor. This was done when tlio blocks were nearly risht ansloil at the corners by striking off the corner where the flaking was to connnence, and, with a properly directed blow with a hard pebble stone, knock off of the ni)|)er edge a small Hake, niaking a seat for tlie point of llio Uaking tool. Sonietini(>s tlicse blows were carried eiilircly aci-oss tlu> frinit npper edge of I he block, making a groove entir(>ly aci'oss the edge, when the first row
. Bulletin. Ethnology. holmes] ABORIGINAL AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES PART I 323 i;C(miliin(vl I'rcs- s u V O .-lIKl I'lM-CUS- sidiil for Iho flakor. This was done when tlio blocks were nearly risht ansloil at the corners by striking off the corner where the flaking was to connnence, and, with a properly directed blow with a hard pebble stone, knock off of the ni)|)er edge a small Hake, niaking a seat for tlie point of llio Uaking tool. Sonietini(>s tlicse blows were carried eiilircly aci-oss tlu> frinit npper edge of I he block, making a groove entir(>ly aci'oss the edge, when the first row of llakcs iiavc* been thrown ol'f. It is the work of this opcM'ator to pre- jiare seats for a second row and so on. ^\'llat was meant by alnmst absolute science was a knowledge and skill that would give the ]iroper direction to the pressure ti> tlnviw <t\T the kind of Hake recpiired. Figure '2 represents, as nearly as I recollect, the rude sketches made ssnre the inan could give. The stafl's of these flaking tools were selected from yomig hardwood saplings of vigorous growth. A lower branch was utiliztMl, as shown al (/ in figure 2, to form the crotch in which the blow was struck. Another bi'anch on the opposite side, a, was used to secure a heavy stone to give weight and increase the pressure. When the stone to be flaked was firnUy held, the point adjusted to give tlie pressure in the required direction. th(> staff firmly grasped, the upper end against the chest f)f the operator, he woidd throw his weight on it in thrusts, and if the flake did â not fly off, a man standing opposite would sinudtaneously with the thrust give a sharp blow with a lieavy club represented in cross section h in flgure 2, it being so shaped that its force is downward close in the crotch. It has been rei)i'esenlcd to me that a single blow rarely failed to tlirow off the flake, frequently the entire depth of the block of stone, sonu'times as much as 10 or 12 inches. The tooth or t
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