[92] Putnam, l. c., p. 209, fig. 81.
[93] Among the Thlinkites conys Niblack.
7. Cylindrical Stones.
These differ from the pestles in that their diameter is smaller and that they bulge out only slightly toward the middle. Two objects of this kind came from stratum II, of which 1-8609 is shown in [plate 10], fig. 10. Both are broken at their ends. They are respectively 4-13/15 inches and 2-5/8 inches long and fifteen-sixteenths inch and 1 inch thick. The surface of the break in the shorter one was subsequently smoothed off; perhaps by using it as a pestle. Long cylindrical stones of this kind partly flattened on one side and having encircling grooves at the tapering ends have been pictured by Yates[[94]] and Moorehead[[95]]; these were found at Santa Barbara, Southern California. To these may also be compared a stone pendant from Tuolumne county[[96]] pictured by Moorehead, since the lack of complete ends in the stones gives considerable room for speculation as to what the whole form might have been. On the other hand, the tentative designation of them by Moorehead and Yates as charms is in no way justified. The better interpretation of their use would be that of sinkers especially in the case of those provided at both ends with grooves for attachment,[[97]] since stones coming from Peru[[98]] which are undeniably sinkers are very like these in many respects.
[94] l. c., pl. IV, figs. 32, 33, so. Smiths. Reports, 1886, I, partly, pl. IV, figs. 32, 33, pp. 296 to 305.
[95] l. c., p. 251, fig. 381, Nos. 30 to 33.
[96] l. c., p. 249, fig. 380, No. 1.
[97] Cf. V. A., also flat specimen, Smiths. Rep., I, pl. IV, fig. 30.
[98] In the Museum of the Univ. of Philadelphia.