The weathering of aboriginal stone artifacts, no. 1. - a consideration of the paleoliths of Kansas (illustrated by 20 figures and 19 half-tone plates) (1913) (14596401958)

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Title: The weathering of aboriginal stone artifacts, no. 1. : a consideration of the paleoliths of Kansas (illustrated by 20 figures and 19 half-tone plates)

Year: 1913 (1910s)

Authors: Winchell, N. H. (Newton Horace), 1839-1914 Minnesota Historical Society

Subjects: Stone implements -- Kansas Kansas -- Antiquities

Publisher: St. Paul, Minn. : Minnesota Historical Society

Contributing Library: University of California Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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PALEOLITHIC AND NEOLITHIC CHIPPING. 33 Other specimens might be selected to show thesame contrasts in the weatherini4 of the chipped sur-faces of the same piece. Plate IX is intended to show specimens that haveh;id Paleolithic and Neolithic chipping,described as fol-lows, beginning at the upper left hand corner. No. 5115shows an Early Paleolithic area embracing the centralpart of the specimen. The Neolithic chipping is aboutthe margin, especially on the right side. There issome doubt as to the rank of this secondary chippingespecially along the left side, where most of it isglossy. The material is the same as that of No. 5221of plate VI, and its age is equally uncertain. Thecontrast however between the two chippings is quitemarked, regardless of their actual rank. The speci-men in the center at the top (501.3) shows the olderchipped area outlined in the central part. The edgeall around is perfectly chipped, and the other side ofthe specimen is almost wholly fresh. The notches onthe si

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