BARB: A projection or shoulder near the base of the blade of a spear, dart or arrowhead that serves to retain it in a wound and to stimulate bleeding. One of a number of “backward” projections on a harpoon that serves a similar purpose.
BAST: The inner bark (phloem) of a tree.
BREECH CLOTH or CLOUT: An article of clothing consisting of a narrow band or fold of cloth or skin that passes around the waist and between the legs.
BURIAL MOUND: Any man-made hill or knoll erected primarily to enclose the dead.
CACHE: A deposit of a large number of [artifacts] in a grave or, in general, a number of artifacts found together in the earth.
CALUMET: See note, [page 48].
CELT: An ungrooved [stone] or copper [hatchet] head.
CHIEF: An official selected and formally installed in office by some social process who exercises civil authority by virtue of office.
CHIPPING: See [Flaking].
CHOPPER: Generally any tool used for chopping, hewing, or hacking. Specifically, a chipped [flint] tool roughly [hatchet] shaped. Some hand choppers have the edge of the blade paralleling the longer axis of the piece.