Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . lnsel- FOWKE | FORMS OF SCRAPERS. 85 The specimen shown in figure 72 (of argillite, from McMinn county,Tennessee) is introduced on account of its undoubted use as a scraper,and because it is much smaller than some of the chipped flints thusclassified, the edge being less than an inch wide; the sides are roughlyincurved. In Bradley county, Tennessee, there were found over 200 specimensof very small, thin, flat, waterworn sandstone peb-bles, which were mostly in their natural condition, ex-cept that the
Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . lnsel- FOWKE | FORMS OF SCRAPERS. 85 The specimen shown in figure 72 (of argillite, from McMinn county,Tennessee) is introduced on account of its undoubted use as a scraper,and because it is much smaller than some of the chipped flints thusclassified, the edge being less than an inch wide; the sides are roughlyincurved. In Bradley county, Tennessee, there were found over 200 specimensof very small, thin, flat, waterworn sandstone peb-bles, which were mostly in their natural condition, ex-cept that they had one side rubbed to a sharp few, more slender, were ground to a point. Someof them have a handle chipped outon the side opposite the edge, some-times with nicks in it, made lor at- scrai>er-form edge. tachmeut to a handle by means of acord. Most of these specimens are less than 2 inchesin length. No suggestion is offered as to their use. A granite implement from Union county, Illinois, withnearly rectangular section, slightly curved sides,rounded corners, and high polish ov
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