Projectile Point Variation at Fresnal Rock Shelter

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Typological classifications of stone projectile points are often used as diagnostic indicators of cultural occupations and chronological sequences at archaeological sites across North America. However, many of these typological traditions are only applicable to a particular region where they were first discovered and were commonly based on nothing more than on-site visual comparisons of shape—diminishing their value as cultural and chronological indicators. Moreover, many published typological sequences do not consider the range of variation that a "type" may actually encompass resulting from raw material constraints as well as resharpening and reworking procedures. A primary goal of this research is to contribute to this ongoing discussion and document morphometric variation within the projectile point assemblage from Fresnal Rock Shelter, New Mexico. Multivariate analysis of variance was used to examine whether patterns in morphology generated from traditional metric and geometric morphometric attributes support the typological organization that has historically been used to describe the cultural sequences at Fresnal.

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• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 25878