The stone was

cross, and four parallel marks were cut on one edge. soft, probably limestone, and must have been originally brought to Chevlon from some distance, as similar rock, in place or in fragments, was not found in the vicinity. I have not seen an ax of the same material from any pueblo ruin, but the majority of stone implements are of harder rock. The stone axes from Homolobi are of chipped stone, without groove for hafting.

Several forms of arrow straighteners were found, one of these in the form of a frog. These also served as arrow polishers, and are at the present day used in polishing prayer sticks.

Several stone slabs found in the Chevlon ruin had one surface covered with two rows of blackened circles. They were too heavy for transportation, and my photographs of them were failures. Their use or significance is not known to me.

The occurrence of metates, or grinding stones-flat, worn slabs of rock, on which seeds, probably corn, were ground-in the graves of women indicates a burial custom not without a parallel in modern times. These metates were commonly inverted over the skeleton of the woman at burial. The Indian workmen said that in all instances they indicate the sex of the dead, and, as far as my osteological knowledge goes, it seemed to me that they were right in that statement.

Several objects for personal decoration were taken from the Chevlon ruin, one of the most interesting of which was a large button of polished lignite. A square fragment of the same material, found on a skull near the mastoid process, was inlaid with five small turquoises, one at each angle and one in the middle. This was the only specimen of lignite inlaid with stone which was found, but several specimens of incrusted shell, wood, and bone were taken from the Chevlon ruin. The number of marine shells found in the Colorado Chiquito ruins was very great.1

The following have been identified: 2

The most beautiful ornament or fetich of shell incrusted with turquoise was found at the smaller of the two ruins at Chaves Pass. It was a specimen of Pectunculus giganteus covered with gum, in which were inlaid rows of turquoises nicely fitted together in the form of a frog or toad. This beautiful object was evidently an ornament, and was taken from the breast of a skeleton buried several feet below the surface in the smaller of the Chaves Pass ruins. As an example of mosaic work this

See Pacific Coast Shelfs from Prehistoric Tusayan Ruins. Amer. Anth., November, 1896.

For objects made from them, see my article, Amer. Anth., November, 1896.

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