Fig. 56.—Celt, showing “bell shape” and roughening for handle.
Fig. 57.—Celt, showing rectangular section.
H. Rectangular section, occasionally with the corners sufficiently rounded to give a somewhat elliptical section; top flattened or rounded; sides straight and parallel or nearly so, sometimes very slightly curved. Most have polished surfaces; only three or four show any battering, or roughening for handle. A large one of hornblende from Lauderdale county, Tennessee, has the edge dulled and polished by use. Length is from 2 to 9 inches. [Figure 57], of argillite, from a mound in Monroe county, Tennessee. The distribution of this class of celts is wide, as shown by the following table:
| District. | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Tennessee | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Western Tennessee | 1 | |||||||||
| Northeastern Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Green River, Kentucky | 1 | |||||||||
| Southwestern Illinois | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Miami valley, Ohio | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Kanawha valley, W. V. | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Northwestern Georgia | 1 | |||||||||
| Savannah, Georgia | 1 | |||||||||
| Central Arkansas | 1 | |||||||||
| Northwestern North Carolina | 1 | |||||||||
| KEY: A = Sandstone. B = Argillite. C = Porphyry. D = Granite. E = Sienite. F = Diorite. G = Hornblende. H = Limestone. I = Jasper. J = Serpentine. | ||||||||||
I. Thickest at top (wedge form), section elliptical or nearly rectangular; sides straight or curved, widest at edge or nearly parallel. A few are roughened for handling, and one or two are battered at top by hammering; most are small. The type is shown in [figure 58], of granite, from Carroll county, Indiana. This class of celts also is widely distributed and diverse in material.
| District. | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Tennessee | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| Northeastern Arkansas | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Southeastern Arkansas | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Butler county, Ohio | 1 | |||||||||
| Green river, Kentucky | 1 | |||||||||
| Northeastern Kentucky | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Crawford county, Wis. | 1 | |||||||||
| Southwestern Illinois | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| Savannah, Georgia | 2 | |||||||||
| Kanawha valley, West Virginia | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| KEY: A = Hornblende. B = Granite. C = Sienite. D = Comp. quartzite. E = Argillite. F = Greenstone. G = Sandstone. H = Diorite. I = Porphyry. J = Basalt. | ||||||||||
Fig. 58.—Celt, showing wedge-shape.