An Analysis of an Early-to-Mid Holocene Projectile Point Assemblage from Little Steamboat Point Rockshelter, Warner Valley, Oregon
Author(s): Madeline Ware Van Der Voort
Year: 2015
Summary
Little Steamboat Point 1 (LSP-1) is a small stratified rockshelter in Warner Valley, Oregon. It contained an early-to-mid Holocene component consisting of faunal remains, lithic tools, and debitage. My use-wear analysis of 20 Great Basin Stemmed and Cascade projectile points examines how those tools were used via macroscopic and low-power microscopic techniques. Since the shelter seems to represent a short-occupation activity site, this analysis provides insight into the hunting and processing practices employed in the area. The use-wear results are compared with XRF data for the specimens to explore toolstone procurement and use at the shelter. These results contribute to reconstructing broader mobility and technological organization strategies of prehistoric groups in the region.
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An Analysis of an Early-to-Mid Holocene Projectile Point Assemblage from Little Steamboat Point Rockshelter, Warner Valley, Oregon. Madeline Ware Van Der Voort. Presented at The 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Francisco, California. 2015 ( tDAR id: 397737)
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Keywords
General
Early-to-Mid Holocene
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Lithics
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Use-wear
Geographic Keywords
North America - Great Basin
Spatial Coverage
min long: -122.761; min lat: 29.917 ; max long: -109.27; max lat: 42.553 ;