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
[Illustration:
FIG. 108. (S. 1–2.) Rotary spear-head. S. Van Rensselaer’s collection,
Newark, New Jersey.
]
[Illustration:
FIG. 109. (S. 2–3.) Arrow-head, with stem unusually long. Phillips
Academy collection.
]
[Illustration:
FIG. 110. (S. 3–4.) This Figure represents twenty-nine chipped objects
from the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Many beautiful specimens have
been found in this valley. It has produced possibly as many objects
as any given area in the world. Material: the usual semi-precious
stones. A careful study of these and other pictures of Willamette
Valley types will acquaint readers with the fact that there is an
endless variety of form. And yet the treatment is such that the
chipped implements from this valley can be recognized and described
as differing from others in any part of the world. H. P. Hamilton’s
collection, Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
]
Fig. 121, Wisconsin types, Fig. 110, Willamette Valley, Oregon, and Fig.
112 should be compared by readers. These plates will emphasize the
difference in form. Some of these are classified under “Stems
contracting from base,” others belong in the division, “Stems expanding
from base.” Yet even in the same class there are to be observed certain
differences, for the stem is not always the essential feature.
[Illustration:
FIG. 111. (S. 1–2.) Points from Idaho. C. Albee’s collection, Red
Rock, Montana. Note the angular sides in the object in the upper
row, second from the right.
]
Fig. 121 represents some of the best specimens from Wisconsin sites.
Fig. 126 is from Mr. Reeder’s collection, Michigan, and represents the
best type in spear-heads of all kinds from Tennessee and Kentucky and
Ohio. The tops of many of these are convex and have been worn smooth
either because of the method of fastening, or on account of some
particular purpose. This is noticed in a great many of the finer
specimens, and leads me to believe it is not hard usage that brings
about such a condition, but that specimens were in position for a great
length of time, and this polished or smoothed surface is brought about
through such means.
[Illustration:
FIG. 112. (S. 1–3.) A group of Southern types, projectile points,
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina. It will be observed that in
form and material these are easily recognized as being different
from those from Northern and Western points. Phillips Academy
collection.
]
[Illustration:
FIG. 113. (S. 1–1.) This is one of the short-stemmed, broad arrows,
the result of working a broken specimen. J. P. Smith’s collection,
Howard, Rhode Island.
]
[Illustration:
FIG. 114. (S. 1–1.) Stem contracting from base; double notches; bases
concave. These forms are not rare, but occur most frequently in
Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Tennessee. H. K. Deisher’s
collection, Kutztown, Pennsylvania.
]
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