Identifier: antiquitiesofsou00jone_0 (find matches)
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
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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l examination of a third, it will be per-ceived that the drill-hole has been completed only one-half the required distance. A core or nipple, nearly aquarter of an inch in length, appears at the bottom(Fig. 2, Plate XIIL), clearly showing that a hollowreed, aided by sharp sand and water, was the instru-ment by means of which the perforation was compassed. Many of these ornamental axes are pick-shaped andmade of soft material, such as slate. They vary inlength from three to seven inches. The perforationsare made longitudinally through the centre—the pointsbeing rounded but not brought to a cutting edge.Fig. 3, Plate XIIL, may be taken as a typical repre-sentation. The blades are scarcely more than three-eighths ofan inch in thickness; and, in addition to the handle-hole, appears a lateral perforation as though for thesuspension of the axe. The entire length is rathermore than six inches, and the width of the blades aninch and a half. Axes of this shape occur frequently )°la.te XJ/J-
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AM PHOTO-LITHCSRAPHIC CO k Y, ( 0S80RNES PROCESS) PEEEOEATED AXES. 283 in the relic-beds along; the banks of the rivers wherethe natives congregated for fishing and hunting. Mostof them are broken. Their edges are not sharp. Fash-ioned principally of a talcose slate, they were utterlyunfit for service and must be regarded as ornamentalor ceremonial axes. They vary in size and form, mostof them being less than six inches in length and verylight. 1 Steatite was also used in the manufacture ofthese relics.1 In a grave-mound in Louisiana, threebeautiful specimens of this variety of ornamental orceremonial hatchets were found several years since.They were made of a ferruginous quartz. Where thetwo blades united, these implements were reenforcedand perforated. There was also a lateral perforation ineach blade, at the distance of about three-quarters ofan inch from the central perforation. These relicswere marvels of symmetry,,and polished in the high-est degree. Their edges indicated no wea

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