Unveiling the Clovis Technological Advantage Bifaces and Blades in Tandem

Pre-Clovis lithic technology at the Debra L. Friedkin site, Texas ... Lithic microwear analysis as a means to infer production of perishable ... First, these flakes demonstrate at least two distinct stages of biface manufacture on the ... for Clovis-related groups throughout the north- ern parts of ... Only two bifaces are present in the entire flaked stone assemblage (Table 4.3). If the presence of bifaces is used as a measure of reliance on bifacial ... We experimentally reduced blade and bifacial cores and found both reduction strategies to be equally efficient for the production of useable flake blanks. Putting out a lot of information to jump headlong into the topic of Clovis point manufacturing from early bifaces to preforms through ... Reducing biface and blade cores is the staple of Clovis lithic technology, attested to by their abundance in caches (they're part of the mobile toolkit) and ... ... both within the state and outside its borders. Even his commitment to public ... production, repair, storage, or transportation of materials, goods, or ... 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 document has been prepared for the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS). Cultural Resources Program (CRP) to address a ... Ancient Native American ancestors (Clovis) have been interpreted as either specialized megafauna hunters or generalist foragers.