Clovis Lithic Technology The Art of Bifacial and Blade Production

There is reason to expect, and compel- ling evidence to show, that cache blades are not repre- sentative of Clovis blade production and products. Of these point types, either pointed Blades, Levallois points, or Mousterian points are more indicative of projectile technology than the other point types from ... While biface and flake tools are common artifact forms recovered at a number of Clovis dated sites, blades are not typical of Clovis assemblages in all regions. This book offers the first comprehensive study of a little-known aspect of Clovis culture—stone blade technology. Michael Collins introduces the topic with a ... This document has been prepared for the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS). Cultural Resources Program (CRP) to address a ... ... biface blade; B, scraper on uniface blade; C, uniface ... lithic technology, suggesting a significant acceleration in the complexity of cultural systems. Modern humans and their hominid ancestors relied on chipped-stone technology for well over two million years and coloniz... Clovis blade manufacture: Analytical procedure to infer “technique. ... Pressure blades and total cutting edge: An experiment in lithic technology ... This distinction was unclear in archaeology, and thus archaeologists relied on general artifact similarity to denote relatedness. Seriation offered a means of ... Mexica blade making with wooden tools: recent experimental insights. In Mesoamerican Lithic Technology: Experimentation and Interpretation (ed.