Scapula (Other Keyword)

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Archeology of the Pumpkin Buttes: Final Report On the Archeological Investigations Carried out in the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company, North Butte Permit Area, Campbell County, Wyoming (1980)

DOCUMENT Citation Only David Eckles. Larry Welty.

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Serrated scapular tools from Cache Cave (2015)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Gloria Brown. Daniel Reeves. David Robinson.

Due to taphonomic processes at most open sites, bone tools are underrepresented in relation to stone tools. Tools made from modified artiodactyl scapulae are best known from protected sites (caves and rockshelters) in the Great Basin, such as Humboldt Cave and Lovelock Cave. These scapular tools vary in form and presumably function. Some are pointed and described as awls, but a second type is a serrated form, which we will discuss here. Many serrated forms are described as scapular saws, suited...