Clovis Lithic Technology Unveiling the Mastery of Bifaces and Blades

This thesis tests the assumption of Stanford and Bradley that the blade manufacturing technologies of Clovis and Solutrean were “virtually identical”. By. Both descriptions of Clovis bifaces and projectile points indicate that Clo vis point manufacture follows a standard production continuum. This continuum ... Ancient Native American ancestors (Clovis) have been interpreted as either specialized megafauna hunters or generalist foragers. The Clovis occupations are directly dated by two radiocarbon ages of ca. ... Latest stage manufacture is indicated for a biface(s), while all other ... The premise of the Solutrean Hypothesis is that the similarities between Clovis and Solutrean lithic technologies are evidence that the Solutreans were the ... Long, bifacially worked, fluted points are perhaps the most diagnostic element of Clovis lithic assemblages, but large bifaces, blades produced ... ... biface blade; B, scraper on uniface blade; C, uniface ... lithic technology, suggesting a significant acceleration in the complexity of cultural systems. Describing northern Plains. Clovis technology, Bradley states, “Most Clovis tools are either bifaces or are made from flakes that resulted from ... North American lithic analysis often assigns biface preforms to discrete, successive stages defined in Callahan's influential study. Both descriptions of Clovis bifaces and projectile points indicate that Clovis point manufacture follows a reduction continuum. This continuum ...