Cultural Transmission in the Paleoindian of Eastern North America

Summary

The Paleoindian (ca. 13,000–11,000 calBP) record of eastern North America has long been characterized as exhibiting a remarkable variety of fluted-point forms. The temporal, spatial, and cultural significance of this variety remains poorly understood owing to a sparse radiocarbon record as well as to inconsistencies in nomenclature and traits used to define point forms. Building on previous studies, paradigmatic classification is used to create replicable fluted-point classes from a large database of eastern finds. Outline-based geometric morphometrics is used to define and explore the morphospace of these classes, and character- and morphological-based phylogenetics are used to propose historical and spatial relationships.

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• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 22205