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swords to form a cutting edge. The flaking-implement was a pointed stick with a cross-piece at one end; the

Fig. 19.—Stone and obsidian implements.

 

1, 2.	Obsidian scrapers.
3-5.	"flakes.
6, 7.	""perhaps for inlay.
8.	Chert knife-blade.
9.	Obsidian core, from which flakes have been struck.
(British Museum}

artisan rested the point on a suitable spot on the obsidian block, which he held between his feet, and applied the necessary pressure by leaning his chest against the cross-piece. The nature of the long thin flakes