Fig. 31.—Grooved ax, showing groove entirely around.
Fig. 32.—Grooved ax, slender, showing groove entirely around.
With these exceptions, the second class of grooved stone axes comprises seven groups, which may be described and tabulated as follows:
A. Grooved entirely around, elliptical section, polls dressed in any of the ways given above; three or four have the blunt-pointed edge ([figure 31], of granite, from Bradley county, Tennessee).
| District. | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwestern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Eastern Tennessee | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Central North Carolina | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Western North Carolina | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Central Arkansas | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Ross county, Ohio | 1 | ||||||||
| Green River, Kentucky | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Northeastern Kentucky | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Kanawha valley, West Virginia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Keokuk district, Iowa | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Savannah, Georgia | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | |||||
| Miami valley, Ohio | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| KEY: A = Greenstone. B = Granite. C = Diorite. D = Sandstone. E = Quartzite. F = Argillite. G = Slate. H = Sienite. I = Porphyry. | |||||||||
B. Long, narrow, and thin, giving a much flattened elliptical section. These are classed with axes on account of the grooves, although too thin and usually of material too soft to endure violent usage. The edges are nicked, striated, or polished, as though from use as hoes or adzes ([figure 32], of argillite, from Bradley county, Tennessee).
| District. | A | B | C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Tennessee | 18 | 1 | |
| Keokuk district, Iowa | 1 | ||
| Kanawha valley, West Virginia | 1 | ||
| Montgomery county, North Carolina | 1 | ||
| Western North Carolina | 1 | ||
| Butler county, Ohio | 2 | ||
| KEY: A = Granite. B = Argillite. C = Slate. | |||
