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Title: Antiquities of the southern Indians, particularly of the Georgia tribes
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Jones, Charles C. (Charles Colcock), 1831-1893
Subjects: Indians of North America Indians of North America
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton and Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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nts, Weapons, and Ornamentsof Great Britain. But two are figured by Mr. Nils-son 2—one of diorite found in the ground, near Gad-darod, in the parish of Horrod, and the other of horn-blend, taken from a bog near Lund. He appearssomewhat at a loss how to classify them, and inclinesto the opinion that they were wedges with which tosplit wood. Here, however, no doubt exists in themind of the observer. The largest grooved axe foundwithin the geographical limits of Georgia, which haspassed under the personal observation of the writer,weighs nearly ten pounds, is ten inches and a quarterin length, six inches wide, and two inches and a halfthick. The groove is an inch and a half wide, andnearly half an inch in depth. The elevated ridges oneach side of the groove are three quarters of an inchwide. In the formation of this groove or transversefurrow, as well as in imparting shape to this implement, London, 1866. s Primitive Inhabitants of Scandinavia, plate viii., figs. 166, 167. London,1868.
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AM PHOTO IITHQ(,RAPHICCO NY.iOSBOFISES PROCESS • GROOVED AXES. 275 a pointed flint was used to peek away the portions ofthe stone sought to be removed. Traces of this pro-cess are clearly perceptible, although after it was com-pleted the axe was polished with no little care. Thisspecimen is represented by Fig. 1, Plate X., and wastaken from a tumulus located at the confluence of theEtowah and the Oostenaula Rivers. Between this axe and the small but well-formedspecimen represented in Fig. 2, Plate X., weighingonly half a pound, the writer has in his collectionmore than fifty grooved axes, taken from mounds andrelic-beds, and picked up in the fields within the pres-ent limits of Georgia. Although of different shapesand weights they belong to the same class. A fewtypical forms are represented in the accompanyingplate. (See Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Plate X.) Of axes of this description it may be affirmed thattheir weights vary from half a pound to nine pounds.Occasionally they will turn

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