F. Elliptical section, flattened or rounded top, edge curved or nearly straight, sides straight or gently curved, tapering from edge to top or in a few cases nearly parallel. These present many variations in finish and in evidence of use. Some are well polished over the entire surface; some have only the lower part polished; while some are entirely without polish except at the extreme edge. In some the top is battered; some have the surface roughened for handle at the top, others around the middle, still others all over the upper half or even more than half. One from McMinn county, Tennessee, has a roughly pecked shallow groove at the middle. Several have the edge very blunt, the faces at the edge form almost a right angle; these are thickest very near the edge and become gradually thinner toward the top. Most of this kind are from Caldwell county, North Carolina; the same form coming also from Monroe county, Tennessee, and from Savannah, Georgia. The length is from 3 to 7½ inches. [Figure 53], of compact quartzite, from Monroe county, Tennessee; [figure 54], of granite; and [figure 55], of sienite, from Caldwell county, North Carolina.
Fig. 53.—Celt.
Fig. 54.—Celt.
Fig. 55.—Celt.
| District. | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Tennessee | 4 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Western North Carolina | 1 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||||||
| Montgomery county, N. C. | 1 | |||||||||||
| Coosa district, Alabama | 2 | |||||||||||
| Southwestern Illinois | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Kanawha valley, W. Va. | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Keokuk, Iowa | 1 | |||||||||||
| Southwestern Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Miami valley, Ohio | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Northeastern Arkansas | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Southeastern Arkansas | 1 | |||||||||||
| Northwestern Georgia | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Savannah, Georgia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| Yazoo county, Mississippi | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
| KEY: A = Hornblende. B = Serpentine. C = Compact quartzite. D = Argillite. E = Sienite. F = Porphyry. G = Granite. H = Micaceous sandstone. I = Diorite. J = Greenstone. K = Sandstone. L = Flint. | ||||||||||||
G. Of the same general pattern as the last, except that the sides widen just before reaching the edge, giving a “bell shape” ([figure 56]). The length is from 6¼ to 8 inches. In this group there are two specimens of granite, two of porphyry, and one of sienite, all from Yazoo county, Mississippi. Two have their tops roughened.
