Raw material impact strength and flaked stone projectile point performance
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2017.12.003
Abstract: Abstract Archaeologists have previously proposed several different measures of flaked stone raw material “quality”, but this variable has proven difficult to quantify, and the precise characteristics that improve performance remain unclear. This paper presents the… read more here.
Keywords: raw material; strength; flaked stone; impact strength ... See more keywords
Pointing at fossils: pXRF identification of a fossilized shell projectile point
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.102184
Abstract: Abstract A shell artifact recovered during wet-screening of cultural sediments from CA-SDI-39 (San Diego, CA) had several unusual properties. Fashioned into a triangular projectile point using lithic flaking techniques, the artifact was unlike any other… read more here.
Keywords: shell; pointing fossils; projectile point; fossils pxrf ... See more keywords
Late Pleistocene osseous projectile point from the Manis site, Washington—Mastodon hunting in the Pacific Northwest 13,900 years ago
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade9068
Abstract: Bone fragments embedded in a rib of a mastodon (Mammut americanum) from the Manis site, Washington, were digitally excavated and refit to reconstruct an object that is thin and broad, has smooth, shaped faces that… read more here.
Keywords: site washington; manis; manis site; projectile point ... See more keywords