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used for mealing some edible seeds. In the main the people here had probably to rely on hunting for their living.

There are a few differences between the Singer material and that which I know from Mongolia, but there are more analogies, and the composition of artifacts is the same in the Singer site and in the Mongolian sites. It therefore seems appropriate to characterize them as belonging to the same cultural complex, i. e. the Gobi culture or the Mongolian-Manchurian late neolithic.

LIST OF ANTIQUITIES

Ch'ai-o-p'u.

K. 13330:1-2. Two cores of grey flint. -: is oval in section and neatly pointed. L. 38 and 29 mm.

K. 13330 : 3.   Core of leparite( ?) one side un-

touched, the convex edge forming a scraper. L. 3o mm.

K. 13330 : 4-5. Two small, almost cylindrical cores of agate and leparite(?). L. 20 mm.

K. 1333o : 6.   Small flint flake.

K. 13330 : 7.   Small oval flint flake.

K. 13330 : 8.   Flake of chalcedony with retouch-

ed edges.

K. 13330 : 9.   Small scraper of green flint.

K. 13330 : 1o.   Sherd of greenish-grey flint.

   K. 13332 : 21.   Small narrow flint flake, but

rather thick, and with one edge retouched.

   K. 13332 : 22.   Flint piercer made of small flake.

Rather blunt point. L. 33 mm. Pl.

4: I.

K. 13332 : 23-24. Two flint piercers with broken points. Same type as -:22.

K. 13332 : 25-26. Two flint piercers, willowleafshaped like arrow-points. L. 20 and 3o mm.

K. 13332 : 27-34. Eight awls or piercers of flint and agate. Of slightly different type. -:29 Pl. 4 : 3, -:34 Pl. 4: 2.

   K. 13332 : 35.   Small flint flake with one edge

retouched and the median ridge chipped on one side.

   K. 13332 : 36.   Fourteen small flint flakes with

Singer.   the more or less high median ridge

K. 13332 : I.   Small potsherd of brownish ware chipped on one or both sides.

with a straight, incised line.   K. 13332 : 37.   Curved flint flake with the high

K. 13332 : 2-3. Two small potsherds of fairly   median ridge chipped on one side.

large vessels of rather thin brown- I{, 13332 : 38-41. Four very slender, willowleaf-

ish ware.   shaped arrow-points of phtanite

K. 13332 : 4.   Forty-nine potsherds of brownish and flint. Perfectly finished. -:41 is made from

or reddish ware.   a small flake. L. 49-34 mm. Br. 13-7 mm. Pl.

K. 13332 : 5-15. Eleven cores of flint, agate and 3 : I-4.

felsite.   K. 13332 : 42-47. Six leaf-shaped arrow-points of

K. 13332 : 16.   Eight fragm. of flint cores of   flint and quartzite. Shorter than

various sizes.   the previous ones. L. 39-25 mm. Br. 13-II mm.

K. 13332 : 17-18. Two roughed-out cores of agate PI. 3: 5-10.

and felsite.   K. 13332 : 48.   Very thin leaf-shaped arrow-point

K. 13332 : 19.   275 fine small flakes of flint, agate   of grey flint. 19X9 mm. PI. 3: II.

etc.   K. 13332 : 49.   Leaf-shaped arrow-point of flint,

K. 13332 : 20.   47 small flakes with retouched   coarsely made. 38X20 mm. Pl.

edges.   3 : 12.

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