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) (14782679322)

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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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e Tomahawk People 92 Incipient scraper 93 Neolithic Turtle 93 Limitation of the terms Paleolithic and Early Neolithic 93 Paleolithic culture continued in Neolithic time.. 94 Tomahawks have never been withed 90 The Scraper 96 UifTerent signs of age 97 Continuation of Paleolithic culture 98 Lefthandedness of Early Neolithic Man 99 Imperfect liarahey Knives 101 Different rates of Patination 102 Early Neolithic preferable to Pre-Neolithic 103 VI. Work of Dr. \\ . Allen Sturgc in England 104 VII. Classification of Kansas artifacts by culture stages 113 The simplest artifact an edged tool 113 Knives 115 Gouges 117 Scrapers 118 Tomahawks 120 Leaves or Blades 121 Celts 122 Explanation of Plate XII 125 Explanations of Plate XII ( 127 Points, Neoltihic No. 1 128 Explanation of Plate XIV 131 VIII. An Archeological Rcconnoissancc 133 The Kansas valley, Elevations 133 In other western Aluseums and Private collections 151 Rotting of chert 154 Resume and Conclusions 169 Index 177 Northeastern Kansas
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PRELIMINARY NOTE. The results presented in this paper, and the evidence onwhich they are based, were theoretically anticipated by thewriter prior to the examination of the artifacts. Indeed theywere first confirnied by an earlier cursory handling of alarge collection of Mandan flint artifacts collected by Mr.Brower for the Minnesota Historical Society; but at thattime it was incf)nvcnient to enter upon the discussion. Sim-ilar conclusions seem to be warranted by the weathering ofsome Oklahoma specimens. In later discussion these factswill be presented. The main purpose of this note is to call attention to thefact that Mr. Brower was fully aware of the important bear-ing of the rude culture of the Quivira on the question ofpaleolithic man in America, as shown by the following quo-tation from his Harahey (p. 109): I was so impressed by the developments of unusual in-terest, indicating the existence of two stages of ancient cul-ture near the Kansas chert beds, that a series of the chippeweatheringofabor00wincrich