Knives and Scrapers

Basaltic flakes, standing out in contradistinction to the gravel, are found on the house platforms. Some of them were probably brought from the page 369quarry to use as knives and scrapers. Many pieces had concave edges suitable for scraping rounded wood; such as, handles, staffs, and spears. No deliberate retouching of the edges could be made out. Probably any piece that served was used and discarded. For cutting flesh and soft material, bamboo was used, but something must have been used for cutting grooves in shell before the pieces necessary for trolling hooks could be snapped off. Longer flakes with straight or slightly convex edges are to be found among the platform stones.