The stone age in North America, vol. 1 of 2
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THE STONE AGE IN
NORTH AMERICA
Colored plate of fine chipped implements. Materials: jasper, carnelian, agate, obsidian, and chalcedony. These were collected in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, and are selected as indicative of aboriginal American art in flint-chipping. B. W. Arnold’s collection, Albany, New York.
WARREN K. MOOREHEAD, A.M.
CURATOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AMERICAN ARCHÆOLOGY, PHILLIPS ACADEMY, MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS, ETC.
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. I
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
Warren K. Moorehead
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PREFACE
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS TO “THE STONE AGE”
CONTENTS
CLASSIFICATION OF PREHISTORIC ARTIFACTS, MADE BY THE COMMITTEE ON NOMENCLATURE
ARTICLES IN CLAY
QUARRYING MATERIALS
THE BEGINNINGS OF CULTURE
QUARRIES
HOW MANUFACTURED
TYPES WITHOUT STEMS
PROJECTILE POINTS WITH STEMS EXPANDING FROM BASE OR WITH SIDES PARALLEL
ARROWS, BOWS, AND QUIVERS
STEM CONTRACTING FROM BASE
A MASTER AT FLINT-CHIPPING
TYPES WITH ONE OR MORE SCRAPING EDGES WITHOUT OR WITH NOTCH (INCLUDING CIRCULAR)
PERFORATORS
CACHED FLINT OBJECTS
POLISHED STONE HATCHETS OR CELTS—THE CLASSIFICATION OF HATCHETS, ADZES, GOUGES, AND AXES
THE ADZE AND THE GOUGE
GROOVED STONE AXES
FLUTED STONE AXES
CONCLUSIONS AS TO CELTS, ADZES, GOUGES AND AXES
THE GORGET AND ORNAMENTS AS SEEN BY EARLY EXPLORERS
THE GORGETS
WINGED PROBLEMATICAL FORMS
PICK AND CRESCENT, THE BOAT-SHAPED, BAR-FORMS, ETC.—CONCLUSIONS
BARS AND BAR-AMULETS
CONCLUSIONS AS TO GORGETS, WINGED OBJECTS, ETC.
THE SPUD-SHAPED IMPLEMENT
PLUMMET-SHAPED STONES: STONE RINGS
BICAVES, OR DISCOIDAL STONES, TUBES, ETC.
TUBULAR FORMS
