Table 15.31. Raw Materials of Battered and Polished Stone Tools

Tool Type LOCAL NONLOCAL AND UNKNOWN Total
Dakota Orthoquartzite Morrison Chert Morrison Orthoquartzite Igneous Conglomerate Indurated Shale Unknown Chert Unknown Quartzite Massive Quartz Unknown Stone
N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N % N
Peckingstone 33 17.1 87 45.1 67 34.7 2 1.0 1 0.5 2 1.0 1 0.5 193
Hammerstone 7 18.4 6 15.8 16 42.1 2 5.3 1 2.6 5 13.2 1 2.6 38
Polishing/hammerstone 1 12.5 1 12.5 1 12.5 1 12.5 3 37.5 1 12.5 8
Single-bitted axe 1 9.1 1 9.1 9 81.8 11
Double-bitted axe 1 50.0 1 50.0 2
Indeterminate axe 1 6.7 10 66.7 2 13.3 2 13.3 15
Axe/maul 1 100.0 1
Maul 1 20.0 4 80.0 5
Polishing stone 1 3.4 1 3.4 1 3.4 8 27.6 5 17.2 3 10.3 10 34.5 29
Polished igneous slab 4 100.0 4
    TOTAL 45 14.7 95 31.0 109 35.6 9 2.9 2 0.7 1 0.3 12 3.9 17 5.6 5 1.6 11 3.6 306