The Functional Analysis of an Expedient Flake Tool Industry:Preliminary Results
Author(s): Megan King
Year: 2016
Summary
Expedient technology, which may appear to be indiscriminant from non-utilized flakes and flaking debris, likely constitutes larger components of most lithic assemblages. Both retouched and minimally modified flakes were examined using different methods of lithic analysis. The preliminary results of both a low and high power microwear analysis of the expedient flake artifacts from the Mussel Beach site are reported in this study. The microscopic examination of these artifacts may offer an opportunity to investigate further the exploitation of the environmental and the use of various natural resources for the production of plant and fiber-based technologies.
Cite this Record
The Functional Analysis of an Expedient Flake Tool Industry:Preliminary Results. Megan King. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Orlando, Florida. 2016 ( tDAR id: 405067)
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Keywords
General
Expedient Tools
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Gender
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Use-wear
Geographic Keywords
North America - Southeast
Spatial Coverage
min long: -91.274; min lat: 24.847 ; max long: -72.642; max lat: 36.386 ;