108 A SUPPOSED NEOLITHIC SETTLEMENT.
Arrow-heads.—One finely-clipped, barbed and stemmed
arrow-point is in the Skitts Hill collection (fig. 8). I found it here
a few years ago. But such finely-clipped arrow-heads are very
rarely turned up in the dwelling-place at Skitts Hill. Among
the worked flakes, of which there are hundreds, there are nume-
rous pointed ones of a size from 3/4-ths to 11/2 inches long, which
may have been utilized for tipping arrows.
Pounding-Stones.—Many water - washed pebbles were
collected which exhibited signs of use.
Fig. 8. Flint arrow-head from Skitts Hill. Full size.
Sandstone Shabpenee.—Square-sided and oblong 11/2 inches
by 1 in. ; length 4 inches ; probably used for grinding ; found
with flints and worked bones in the bottom bed. The base rests
steadily on a flat, the top is rubbed into a slightly concave
surface, and has a finely-finished grinding plane.
Flint Flakes.—Numerous diminutive and delicately-
formed flakes are found, for what purpose used it would
be hard to say. They are of very varying forms, with sharp
edges and bulbs of percussion, some only 3/8-ths inch in width,
and 11/2 in. in length, have a clear bulb, butt, and sharp point,
two sharp ridges, three facets, and two ridges on the upper side.
Nothing in the way of worked flints can exceed them in delicacy
These very delicate flints may belong to the higher level of the