THE EFFECTS OF STONE AND TECHNOLOGY ON FLUTED-POINT MORPHOMETRY

Authors
TANKERSLEY KB
Citation
Kb. Tankersley, THE EFFECTS OF STONE AND TECHNOLOGY ON FLUTED-POINT MORPHOMETRY, American antiquity, 59(3), 1994, pp. 498-513
Citations number
71
Categorie Soggetti
Archaeology,Archaeology
Journal title
American antiquity → ACNP
ISSN journal
00027316
Volume
59
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
498 - 513
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-7316(1994)59:3<498:TEOSAT>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Previous morphometric studies have identified variation in fluted-poin t thickness data but have seldom considered its cultural or technologi cal sources. New data from western and eastern North America suggest t hat variation in fluted-point thickness results from variability in li thic raw-material selectivity and bifacial-flaking techniques.