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plummet

CATEGORY: artifact
DEFINITION: A stone artifact resembling a carpenter's plumb bob, usually made of basalt, slate, or hematite. Marked by a single groove around it toward one end or the middle, was possibly a sinker for fishing or of ceremonial or ritual use.

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Laurentian

SYNONYM: Lake Forest Late Archaic
CATEGORY: culture
DEFINITION: Important Late Archaic tradition in northern New York and Vermont and the upper St. Lawrence valley, c 4000-1500 BC. Characteristic artifacts are broad-bladed, notched projectile points; bifaces, scrapers, and polished-stone tools (celts, gouges, plummets, slate knives or points). The tradition has phases such as Brewerton, Vergennes, and Vosburg.