CORES AND BLADES AT XHP-010, NORTHWESTERN ALASKA

Excavation of prehistoric site XHP-010 in northwestern Alaska disclose d cores and blades not previously associated with the several characte ristic forms that comprise the rest of the cultural assemblage. Except for this core and blade technology, the XHP-010 assemblage is similar to well-described assemblages from Point Hope and Cape Krusenstern. T his technology is described and its presence or absence in otherwise a pparently identical contexts is discussed.