Cracking the Code Clovis Lithic Technology's Bifacial and Blade Success

This paper concludes a long-term experimental study to examine the role of bipolar and freehand reduction as strategies for lithic miniaturization on milky ... Fluted stone bifaces known as Clovis points appeared and spread across vast regions of North American megafauna habitat during four centuries of the terminal ... First, these flakes demonstrate at least two distinct stages of biface manufacture on the ... for Clovis-related groups throughout the north- ern parts of ... This document has been prepared for the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS). Cultural Resources Program (CRP) to address a ... "Modern Times," refers to the study of lithic technology in reference to today's flintknappers who make stone artifacts in a wide variety of both standard and ... This distinction was unclear in archaeology, and thus archaeologists relied on general artifact similarity to denote relatedness. Seriation offered a means of ... There is reason to expect, and compel- ling evidence to show, that cache blades are not repre- sentative of Clovis blade production and products. The results indicate that the most significant transition in efficiency likely took place with the introduction of small foliate biface, Levallois and ... The Clovis occupations are directly dated by two radiocarbon ages of ca. ... Latest stage manufacture is indicated for a biface(s), while all other ... This research examines the technology behind Clovis biface production from ... With regard to Clovis biface technology, both end thinning and channel.