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F. H. Sterns
It is a thin rectangular flake with secondary chipping on both ends and edges,
mainly due to use. At B, two little notches have been worked in the edge. The ends
A and C have had flakes removed at right angles to the two faces.
Fig. 30. Cat. no. ^9 , P. M. Rabah. (Figure shows concave face.)
Flint — light — translucent. Patina — concave face, bright yellow in center, slight on edges —
convex face, slight, dendritic. 7X4X1 cm. Concave face — several irregularly arranged facets.
Convex face — flaking seems to have followed lines of incipient cleavage.
At A, a small portion of the original nodular surface remains. At B and C are facets
approximately at right angles to the two faces.
Fig. 31. Cat. no. 737 , P. M. Rabah. (Figure shows convex face.)
Flint — light — opaque. Patina — yellow brown to red brown on both faces. Incrustation —
some calcareous spots on concave face. 7X5X1 cm. Concave face — portion of a single cleavage
plane. Convex face — several radial facets — a few small flakes having been removed by exfoliation.
At A, B, and H, facets have been worked at approximately right angles to the two
faces. All of these show wear such as comes from use as scraping edges. At D is a shal-
low notch carefully worked. At one side of it, C, is a small projecting point, and, at E,
a similar point has been broken off by a late accident. At F, the edge is slightly beveled
from the convex face, and at G from the concave face. At I, the bevel is again from the
concave face. Just below A is a stop-ridge. The whole implement is roughly ovoid,
and apparently has been used mainly for scraping.
Fig. 32. Cat. no. -7q7 , P. M. Rabah. (Figure shows convex face.)
Flint — light — translucent. Patina •— concave face, yellow brown in center, slight on edges —
convex face, slight, dendritic. 14 X 6 X 2 cm. Concave face -— single cleavage plane with cone of
percussion at end B. Convex face — three longitudinal facets with a portion of the cortex at A.
End B has had a flake removed at right angles to the two faces. End E is retouched
on the convex face as a scraper. The edges are worked on both faces. At D is a shallow
notch, and at C are two other small ones. At G, the edge has been chipped back abruptly,
and a projection left at F. This device seems to be intended as a hand grasp. In this
specimen the portion of the original cortex which remains was left, not as a hand hold,
but because it was not in the way.
Fig. 33. Cat. no. M. Rabah. (Figure shows convex face.)
Flint — light — translucent. Patina — concave face, red brown —■ convex face, dendritic. In-
crustation— calcareous in spots on concave face. 7 X 6 X 1.5 cm. Concave face — single cleavage
surface with cone of percussion probably at end A — a few small flakes having been removed from it
by exfoliation. Convex face — several longitudinal facets.
F. H. Sterns
It is a thin rectangular flake with secondary chipping on both ends and edges,
mainly due to use. At B, two little notches have been worked in the edge. The ends
A and C have had flakes removed at right angles to the two faces.
Fig. 30. Cat. no. ^9 , P. M. Rabah. (Figure shows concave face.)
Flint — light — translucent. Patina — concave face, bright yellow in center, slight on edges —
convex face, slight, dendritic. 7X4X1 cm. Concave face — several irregularly arranged facets.
Convex face — flaking seems to have followed lines of incipient cleavage.
At A, a small portion of the original nodular surface remains. At B and C are facets
approximately at right angles to the two faces.
Fig. 31. Cat. no. 737 , P. M. Rabah. (Figure shows convex face.)
Flint — light — opaque. Patina — yellow brown to red brown on both faces. Incrustation —
some calcareous spots on concave face. 7X5X1 cm. Concave face — portion of a single cleavage
plane. Convex face — several radial facets — a few small flakes having been removed by exfoliation.
At A, B, and H, facets have been worked at approximately right angles to the two
faces. All of these show wear such as comes from use as scraping edges. At D is a shal-
low notch carefully worked. At one side of it, C, is a small projecting point, and, at E,
a similar point has been broken off by a late accident. At F, the edge is slightly beveled
from the convex face, and at G from the concave face. At I, the bevel is again from the
concave face. Just below A is a stop-ridge. The whole implement is roughly ovoid,
and apparently has been used mainly for scraping.
Fig. 32. Cat. no. -7q7 , P. M. Rabah. (Figure shows convex face.)
Flint — light — translucent. Patina •— concave face, yellow brown in center, slight on edges —
convex face, slight, dendritic. 14 X 6 X 2 cm. Concave face -— single cleavage plane with cone of
percussion at end B. Convex face — three longitudinal facets with a portion of the cortex at A.
End B has had a flake removed at right angles to the two faces. End E is retouched
on the convex face as a scraper. The edges are worked on both faces. At D is a shallow
notch, and at C are two other small ones. At G, the edge has been chipped back abruptly,
and a projection left at F. This device seems to be intended as a hand grasp. In this
specimen the portion of the original cortex which remains was left, not as a hand hold,
but because it was not in the way.
Fig. 33. Cat. no. M. Rabah. (Figure shows convex face.)
Flint — light — translucent. Patina — concave face, red brown —■ convex face, dendritic. In-
crustation— calcareous in spots on concave face. 7 X 6 X 1.5 cm. Concave face — single cleavage
surface with cone of percussion probably at end A — a few small flakes having been removed from it
by exfoliation. Convex face — several longitudinal facets.