ch. On the
portion remaining there are four feet; originally there were doubtless
six. On one side is a projection or handle similar in form and size to
the feet. 38-54. 38, (46533); 39, (46534); 40, (46535); 41, (46536);
42, (46537); 43, (46538); 44, (46539); 45, (46550); 46, (46552); 47,
(46553); 48, (46554); 49, (46560); 50, (46562); 51, (46565); 52,
(46566); 53, (46568); 54, (47571). Pounding or hammer stones, some
of them simple cobble stones, others with marks of slight preparation
for use by chipping off or rubbing down prominences.
55, (46540). Sandstone with smoothed surface and groove for smoothing
arrow shafts.
56-64. 56, (46541); 57, (46542); 58, (46543); 59, (46544); 60, (46545);
61, (46546); 62, (46547); 63, (46548); 64, (46564). Small stones,
chiefly quartz, basalt, and agate, used for smoothing and polishing
pottery.
65-68. 65, (46570); 66, (46572); 67, (46573); 68, (46574). Broken
rubbers for metates.
69, (46988). Spear head. Basalt.
70, (46989). Arrow head. Obsidian.
ARTICLES OF CLAY.
(Only one perfect specimen obtained.)
71, (46575). A bowl.
72, (46718). Fragments of ancient pottery.
COLLECTIONS FROM NAMBE.
ARTICLES OF STONE.
73-78. 73, (46577); 74, (46578); 75, (46579); 76, (46580); 77, (46581);
78, (46583). Quartzite rubbing stones of an elongate form.
79, (46582). Similar to the last group, but appears to have been used as
a pestle as well as a rubber.
80-85. 80, (46584); 81, (46585); 82, (49586); 83, (46587); 84, (46588);
85, (46589). Pounding stones, chiefly of quartzite. These are quite
regularly formed, cylindrical or spindle-shaped, with blunt or
squarely docked ends, from four to seven inches long and two to
three inches in diameter, used chiefly in pounding mesquite beans.
86-89. 86, (46590); 87, (46591); 88, (46592); 89, (46593). Round,
flattened, or disk-shaped quartzite pounders, medium and small sizes.
90-91. 90, (46596); and 91, (46597). Pounders similar to the preceding
group, but smaller.
92, (46594). A flat or disk-shaped polishing stone of quartzite.
93, (46595). An oblong rectangular quartzite pounding stone.
94-105. 94, (46598); 95, (46599); 96, (46600); 97, (46601); 98, (46602);
99, (46603); 100, (46604); 101, (46605); 102, (46606); 103, (46607);
104, (46608); 105, (46609). Small irregular stones of jasper and
basalt used in shaping and polishing pottery.
106, (46610). Elongat
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