Stone Art

About this eBook

Author

Fowke, Gerard, 1855-1933

Title

Stone Art Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-1892, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896, pages 47-178.

Credits

Produced by PM for Bureau of American Ethnology, The Internet Archive (American Libraries) and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at gallica.bnf.fr)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Stone implements

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 50769

Release Date

December 26, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.STONE ART BY GERARD FOWKE
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.INTRODUCTION. — Basis for the Work. — Classification of Objects and Materials.
5. 5.THE ARTS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION. — Districts. — Descriptive Terms. — Ground and Pecked Articles. — Grooved Axes. — Celts. — Gouges. — Chisels and Scrapers. — Chipped Celts. — Hematite Celts. — Pestles. — Pitted Stones. — Cupped Stones. — Mullers. — Grinding and Polishing Stones. — Hammerstones. — Grooved Stones Other Than Axes. — Mortars. — Sinkers. — Perforated Stones. — Discoidal Stones. — Spuds. — Plummets. — Cones. — Hemispheres. — Paint Stones. — Ceremonial Stones. — Banner Stones. — Boat-shape Stones. — Picks. — Spool-shape Ornaments. — Bird-shape Stones. — Shaft Rubbers. — Tubes. — Pipes. — Chipped Stone Articles. — Materials and Manufacture. — Spades. — Turtlebacks. — Smaller chipped Implements. — Materials and Modes of Manufacture. — Classification of the Implements. — Stemless Flints. — Stemmed Flints. — Perforators. — Blunt Arrowheads, or “Bunts.” — Scrapers. — Cores. — Flakes. — Miscellaneous Forms. — Notes on beveled Flints. — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber’s Note:

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