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The Problem of the “Plummet-Stone”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

Samuel W. Pennypacker
Samuel W. Pennypacker*
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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The problem of the “plummet-stone” is a general one, as can be seen from its widespread distribution. They are found in New England, the Middle Atlantic States, Florida, West Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana, California, and it would seem that they are likely to occur in other localities in the United States. They also have been recorded for all eastern Canadian provinces as well on the Northwest Coast. In addition, the Eskimo in many cases have “plummet-stones” which in instances are very similar to the bola stones.

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American Antiquity , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , October 1938 , pp. 142 - 146
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1938

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