A Comprehensive Study of the Variability in Flake Scar Patterns on Clovis Fluted Points

Summary

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

Clovis fluted points are the earliest and most technologically recognisable artefacts that covered North America between ~ 11,080 ± 40 to 10,800 ± 25 14C yr B.P. (12,994 to 12,817 Cal yrs B.P.). Although Clovis is the most well documented of the Paleoindian cultures, much more is yet to be learned from their apparent rapid expansion over the North American Late Pleistocene landscape. Previous studies have led researchers looking at the variability and similarity of Clovis fluted points; some suggesting a uniform technology across North America, whilst others propose a more local regional adaptation. This study is part way through a joint project that is investigating similarities into flake scar patterns on Clovis fluted points from North America, especially the Southern Plains and Desert Southwest. With a large enough sample it is anticipated that flake scar patterning will reveal insights into Clovis technology, chronology, and regionalization.

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

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Abstract Id(s): 26246