Specimens from museum collections can be restudied to provide new data. Notable advancesin techniques for interpreting the functions of classes of prehistoric lithic artifacts have been made although such assignments tend to be based on ethnographic analogy or intuitive correlations between form and function. Middle Woodland items have been improperly identified. This study considers distribution, context, physical attributes, evidence of use, style, special characteristics, and a category of other considerations. The copper celts and gouges are sociotechnic items symbolic of wealth and status. The second project reported involved the recording of data on hoes in eight museum collections dating from the 18th and 19th centuries; the provenience data of the artifacts were limited to county and state. Old collections must be adequately preserved to be useful for modern research. See 19-769. -- AATA