There are several fragments of wood that appear to have been modified
by the inhabitants. Two of these could easily have been pieces of
arrow shafts. One is ³/₁₆ inch in diameter, 2½ inches long; the other ¼
inch in diameter, and 1¾ inches long. Both show no remnants of bark and
appear to have been scraped smooth. There are two similar specimens,
1 and 2 inches long, and ⁵/₁₆ and ⁷/₁₆ inch in diameter respectively.
Observations of ethnological materials suggest that these were too
large and heavy to shoot with an ordinary bow and arrow. Perhaps these
are fragments of atlatl foreshafts. The fifth specimen is also ⁷/₁₆
inch in diameter, 2¼ inches long, and is pointed. It was probably the
butt end of a foreshaft. Ethnologic parallels indicate that it was too
sharp to be the point of a firedrill (see Fig. 58).
A sixth wood specimen is a flat piece 3½ × ³/₁₆ inches in maximum
dimensions. Its use is unknown.
A seventh specimen is a short piece 2 inches long, shaped all around,
and tapering to a point at one end. It was cut from a tree gnarl, and
probably served as an awl.