. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . Fig. Nos. 32, 35 are from Ohio; 33 from Oregon; 34 from Missouri; 36from Tennessee, and 37 California. No. 7 is triangular, of brown flintfrom Santa Cruz Island, California. 644 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSETLM, 1888. HOES OR DIGGING TOOLS. Dr. Kau describes these as large, flat implements of siliceous mate-rial, usually ovoid in shape and sharp around the circumference. Theyare supposed to have been used as spades or hoes. The lower part isoften smoothed by wear, appearing almost glazed. These are prob-ably the
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . Fig. Nos. 32, 35 are from Ohio; 33 from Oregon; 34 from Missouri; 36from Tennessee, and 37 California. No. 7 is triangular, of brown flintfrom Santa Cruz Island, California. 644 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSETLM, 1888. HOES OR DIGGING TOOLS. Dr. Kau describes these as large, flat implements of siliceous mate-rial, usually ovoid in shape and sharp around the circumference. Theyare supposed to have been used as spades or hoes. The lower part isoften smoothed by wear, appearing almost glazed. These are prob-ably the largest style of chipped implements belonging to prehistorictimes. The Museum possesses specimens 16 inches long, 6 wide, and 1inch thick. I am not satisfied with the explanation of the smooth or. Fig. , Digging Tools, or Agricultural Implements d). polished appearance at the lower end. They may have been smoothedby use in digging, but many times the polish appears to be iRdicativeof another 54 is from Tennessee; 54a and 55 are from Illinois, A STUDY OF PREHISTORIC ANTHROPOLOGY. 645 POLISHED STONE HATCHETS. These are sometimes called celts, from the Latin word chisel, butthey are not chisels, but chopping tools used as axes or correctness of the Latin word has been assailed, and the name isbeing gradually abandoned. They have been also called in the UnitedStates (I think improperly) fleshers. They are the standard implementrepresenting the neolithic period, or polished-stone age. They wereoften made of flint, but any hard, close-grained, and tough stone in thelocality would serve. They are substantially the same in form, size,and, subject to the above suggestion, the same material in all parts ofthe world. A series of these implements from the Uni
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