Fig. 104. (S. 1–1.)
Chipped implements, from the Willamette Valley, Oregon. B. W. Arnold’s collection, Albany, New York. Reproduced in natural colors. Highest grade of workmanship. Materials: agate, carnelian, jasper, chalcedony, etc.
CHAPTER VII
CHIPPED IMPLEMENTS
STEM CONTRACTING FROM BASE
Although there are fine examples of flint-workers’ art in the class, “Stems expanding from base,” yet as a rule it includes more simple forms than stems contracting from base. This is true of most types. Fig. 90 shows simple forms in Class C, p. [23]. Fig. 107, from Mr. Braun’s collection, East St. Louis, stands for the long, slender spear-heads occasionally found in the South and the Mississippi Valley region, evincing high art in stone-chipping. The convex stem is shown in Fig. 99. Fig. 119 is from Dr. Jack Shipley of Texas. These present typical Texas specimens with both contracting and expanding stems.
Fig. 105. (S. 1–2.) Found near Kutztown, Pennsylvania. Material: block chert. D. K. Deisher’s collection, Kutztown, Pennsylvania.
Fig. 106. (S. 1–2.) Long black spear-head. The common form of stem contracting from base. Stephen Van Rensselaer’s collection, Newark, New Jersey.
