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The Effects of Stone and Technology on Fluted-Point Morphometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Kenneth B. Tankersley
Kenneth B. Tankersley*
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Department of Anthropology, State University of New York at Brockport, Brockport, NY 14420
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Abstract

Previous morphometric studies have identified variation in fluted-point thickness data but have seldom considered its cultural or technological sources. New data from western and eastern North America suggest that variation in fluted-point thickness results from variability in lithic raw-material selectivity and bifacial-flaking techniques.

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Previos estudios morfométricos han identificado una variación en los datos sobre el grosor de las puntas acanaladas, pero éstos raramente han considerado sus orígenes culturales o tecnológicos. Nuevos datos del oeste y este de Norte América sugieren que la variación en el grosor de las puntas acanaladas es el resultado de la variabilidad en la selectividad de materia prima y en las técnicas de tallado bifacial.

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American Antiquity , Volume 59 , Issue 3 , July 1994, pp. 498 - 510
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1994

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