Dataset for Eren et al. (2020), "North American Clovis Point Form and Performance: An Experimental Assessment of Penetration Depth"
Creator(s): Kent State University; The University of Tulsa; Southern Methodist University
Year: 2020
Summary
In Late Pleistocene North America colonizing hunter-gatherers knapped and used Clovis fluted projectile points. During their expansion the size and shape of Clovis points changed significantly. Archaeologists know that cultural drift contributed to this variation, but is it possible that this single source could alone generate so much variation so quickly? We present the first of several experimental studies exploring whether Clovis size and shape variation results in performance differences, focusing here on how deeply different Clovis point forms penetrate a target. Our ballistics experiment demonstrates that seven different Clovis point forms penetrated the same target with different effectiveness. Even after tip cross-sectional perimeter is accounted for, there are significant differences in penetration depths between two of the point types. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that Clovis people in different times and places may have chosen specific attributes to provide them with a selective functional advantage.
Cite this Record
Dataset for Eren et al. (2020), "North American Clovis Point Form and Performance: An Experimental Assessment of Penetration Depth". Kent State University, The University of Tulsa, Southern Methodist University. 2020 ( tDAR id: 465789) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8465789
Data Set Structure
Table Information: Measurements
Column Name | Data Type | Type | Category | Coding Sheet | Ontology | Search |
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Point | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Total projectile mass (g) | DOUBLE | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Point length | DOUBLE | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Point width | DOUBLE | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Point thicknes | DOUBLE | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Haft binding length | DOUBLE | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Haft binding width | DOUBLE | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Haft binding thickness | DOUBLE | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Shaft length (cm) | DOUBLE | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Shaft diameter | DOUBLE | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Table Information: Penetration and Velocity Data
Column Name | Data Type | Type | Category | Coding Sheet | Ontology | Search |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shot | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Velocity (m/s) | VARCHAR | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Penetration depth (cm) | DOUBLE | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Shot | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Velocity (m/s) | VARCHAR | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Penetration depth (cm) | DOUBLE | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Shot | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Velocity (m/s) | VARCHAR | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Penetration depth (cm) | DOUBLE | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Shot | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Velocity (m/s) | VARCHAR | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Penetration depth (cm) | DOUBLE | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Shot | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Velocity (m/s) | VARCHAR | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Penetration depth (cm) | DOUBLE | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Shot | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Velocity (m/s) | VARCHAR | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Penetration depth (cm) | DOUBLE | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Shot | BIGINT | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Velocity (m/s) | VARCHAR | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Penetration depth (cm) | DOUBLE | Uncoded Value | uncategorized | none | none | true |
Keywords
Culture
Clovis
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PaleoIndian
Material
Chipped Stone
File Information
Name | Size | Creation Date | Date Uploaded | Access | |
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Supplementary-Data.xlsx | 17.02kb | Jun 29, 2020 | Sep 27, 2021 5:57:13 AM | Public | |
These data were also used in Sitton et al. (2020), "Tip cross-sectional geometry predicts the penetration depth of stone-tipped projectiles", Scientific Reports |