. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 34 BULLETIN 87, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. other areas. Bone implements here are entirely practical and rarely show effort at ornamentation or regularity of form and finish. They consist of sharpened splinters of bone or slender bones which appear to represent several implements, the commonest of which is the awl, having a sharp point and others with rounded or chisel-like ex- tremities whose use is not suggested. A few fleshers made from large bones were found. Spikes from the antlers of the deer are frequently seen in the debris of rui
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 34 BULLETIN 87, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. other areas. Bone implements here are entirely practical and rarely show effort at ornamentation or regularity of form and finish. They consist of sharpened splinters of bone or slender bones which appear to represent several implements, the commonest of which is the awl, having a sharp point and others with rounded or chisel-like ex- tremities whose use is not suggested. A few fleshers made from large bones were found. Spikes from the antlers of the deer are frequently seen in the debris of ruins. They show wear and the points are blunt, wedge-shaped and scored, as though employed on a hard substance and it is possible that they may have had use for split- ting wood or for chipj^ing stone. These spikes are ready- to-hand tools and it is reasonable to say were among the first bone implements in the possession of man. The most familiar and common implements of bone are awls, whose general use is for sewing, but the awl was a handy tool and may have been employed in a number of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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