. The Antiquarian [serial]. llection of casts by Mandsley, castsfrom the sculptural slabs from Guatemala,which are now in the museum at Berlin;photographs of the Codex Legislative anda chromo—photographic reproduction ofthe Codex Vaticanus. THE ANTIQUARIAN. 127 THE CHICAGO CRESCENT. The archaeological remains in and aboutthe city of Chicago are numerous and im-portant, and their careful study gives usmuch needed light on the archaic history ofthat part of the Mississippi valley lyingnorth of the Ohio river. Of these remains it is my purpose, fromtime to time, to offer, through the columnsof Th
. The Antiquarian [serial]. llection of casts by Mandsley, castsfrom the sculptural slabs from Guatemala,which are now in the museum at Berlin;photographs of the Codex Legislative anda chromo—photographic reproduction ofthe Codex Vaticanus. THE ANTIQUARIAN. 127 THE CHICAGO CRESCENT. The archaeological remains in and aboutthe city of Chicago are numerous and im-portant, and their careful study gives usmuch needed light on the archaic history ofthat part of the Mississippi valley lyingnorth of the Ohio river. Of these remains it is my purpose, fromtime to time, to offer, through the columnsof The Antiquarian, short descriptivesketches that may be of interest to studentsas well as to general readers. In this initialpaper I wish to call attention to a rude stoneimplement that seems to have escaped thenotice of collectors, as Mr. Averills IndianPlane did; and possibly may only be foundin this locality. At any rate, I have not yetseen it described in print. The class of im-plements I refer to is shown by Fig. 1, and. Fio 1 which I call, for want of a better name, theChicago Crescent. They were made fromfragments of yellow chert found here ingreat abundance, especially along both theancient and present beaches of Lake Michi-gan. In point of workmanship they are quite simple and primitive, and were prob-ably made to serve temporary use to which they were applied was ob-viously that of arrow scrapers for roundingand polishing the shafts of arrows andspears. The first one of these rude tools I dis-covered was near the corner of North Clarkstreet and Argyle avenue, Lakcview, on theside of a sand hill when examining thesite of an old flint chippers open-aid work-shop. In prosecuting the search I discov-ered the shop refuse of a still older artisantwo or three feet below the first one; and inthis lower deposit of flint chips the crescentwas brought to light. I have since found them frequently, morecommonly about the old shore lines of thelake and more seldom in vi
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