Investigation of Contracting Stem Points from the Great Basin and Northern Colorado Plateau

Author(s): Neil Hauser; Teri Hauser

Year: 2023

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

An investigation of over 300 images of contracting stem points from Nevada, Utah, and western Colorado was carried out using geometric morphometrics (GMM) techniques. The GMM analysis used over 150 landmarks on each of the 2D images. Examination of the principal components and landmarks with respect to geographic occurrence indicate these points changed shape across the geographical region studied. In addition, the dendrogram and clustering results may inform the interaction of the peoples across this region during the Middle Archaic.

Cite this Record

Investigation of Contracting Stem Points from the Great Basin and Northern Colorado Plateau. Neil Hauser, Teri Hauser. Presented at The 88th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2023 ( tDAR id: 474362)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -124.189; min lat: 31.803 ; max long: -105.469; max lat: 43.58 ;

Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 35552.0