Unraveling the Mysteries of Clovis Lithic Technology Bifaces and Blades

Our results show that the Folsom lithic network is significantly denser than the Clovis lithic network. Both descriptions of Clovis bifaces and projectile points indicate that Clo vis point manufacture follows a standard production continuum. This continuum ... Through lithic analysis of both site assemblages, elements of an ... production and those associated with use ... Biface reduction can proceed along two different manufacturing trajectories, one of which involves ... Lithic Technology. 18. (1/2):106–112. Spiess, A.E. ... Their toolkit included bifaces, blades, and deadly spear points. Where they worked, they left thousands of pieces of debris, which have allowed ... Stone tools may be made of either ground stone or knapped stone, the latter fashioned by a craftsman called a flintknapper. Stone has been used to make a wide ... ... both archaeology and the Quaternary sciences were attempting to develop ... blade/microblade systems. The contributions present an interesting ... This biface thinning strategy is a hallmark of Clovis lithic technology and is perhaps no less diagnostic of. Clovis lithic assemblages than the Clovis point ... have been regarded by some as unfluted Clovis ... Two lithic technological procedures represented during the Paleo period are. Folsom fluting and blade production ... 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.