The stone age in North America, vol. 1 of 2Moorehead, Warren K. (Warren King)
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The stone age in North America, vol. 1 of 2
Moorehead, Warren K. (Warren King)
Indians of North America -- Antiquities; Stone age -- North America
1. _Tablet or rectangular form._ Fairly common and widely distributed
in southern Wisconsin. Specimens have been recovered in Kenosha,
Dane, Monroe, La Crosse, Fond du Lac, Winnebago, Waupaca, and
Outagamie counties.
2. _Square form._ Specimens of this form are equally as common as the
preceding. Examples have been collected in Washington, Waukesha,
Dodge, Jefferson, Dane, Sauk, Grant, Sheboygan, and Winnebago
counties.
3. _Reel-shaped form._ The only known specimens have come from Green
Lake and Outagamie counties.
[Illustration:
FIG. 339. (S. 1–5.) Problematical form. Material: greenish slate.
Collection of H. K. Deisher, Kutztown, Pennsylvania.
]
[Illustration:
FIG. 340. (S. about 3–10.) Problematical form of cannel coal. This was
found in Mercer County, Ohio, in a gravel-pit. It was on the breast
of a skeleton. Phillips Academy collection.
]
4. _Boat-shaped form._ A single specimen of this shape comes from
Jefferson County; (it resembles no. 3 in Fig. 361.)
* * * * *
5. A fine example of this rare form, from Dane County, is in the
State Historical Museum, at Madison. It measures seven and one
quarter inches in length. Other examples are from Racine,
Kenosha, and Washington counties.
[Illustration:
FIG. 341. (S. 1–2.) Unfinished winged object. From the collection of
Stephen Van Rensselaer, Newark, New Jersey. New Jersey type of
winged stone is interesting in that the wings are graceful and
sloping, usually narrow, and often angular. Compare Figs. 317, 341,
and 342. It will be observed that although there is varying weight
and width in the wings, yet the three specimens present certain
characteristics in common.
]
6. _Butterfly form._ This is one of our most common forms of
Wisconsin banner-stones. It is represented by fine examples in
many public and private collections. Unfinished specimens occur
in several cabinets. The following counties have produced
specimens: Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Washington, Dodge,
Jefferson, Rock, Dane, La Crosse, Manitowoc, Green Lake,
Winnebago, and Waupaca.
[Illustration:
FIG. 342. (S. 1–2.) Winged problematical stone. Vermont. University of
Vermont collection.
]
7. _An allied form, with rounded wings._ Only two examples, one from
Washington and the other from Ozaukee County, are known. The
latter is made of ferruginous quartz, and is in the Joseph
Ringeisen, Jr., collection at Milwaukee.
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