Distribution of Biface Preforms
Summary
Biface staging follows Callahan (1979) with the addition of the following half stages: 2.5 and 3.5. A Stage 4 biface preform is considered Late Stage. Biface fragments were too incomplete to be staged.
Cite this Record
Distribution of Biface Preforms. William Engelbrecht. 2012. Buffalo State College ( tDAR id: 374727) ; doi:10.6067/XCV82B8WD3
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Keywords
Culture
Archaic
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Early Archaic
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Historic
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Late Archaic
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Middle Archaic
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PaleoIndian
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Woodland
Material
Chipped Stone
Site Name
Eaton
Site Type
Domestic Structures
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
Geographic Keywords
Western New York
Temporal Keywords
Multi-component
Temporal Coverage
Calendar Date: -10000 to 2000
Spatial Coverage
min long: -78.802; min lat: 42.823 ; max long: -78.766; max lat: 42.859 ;
Notes
General Note: Jack Holland assisted in determining the staging of biface preforms. See E. Callahan, 1979, The Basics of Biface Knapping in the Eastern Fluted Point Tradition: A Manual for Flintknappers and Lithic Analysts. Archaeology of Eastern North America 7:1-180.
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| stage-2-bifaces.jpg | 534.36kb | Jan 26, 2012 11:41:30 AM | Public | ||
| stage-2-5-bifaces.jpg | 545.27kb | Jan 26, 2012 11:41:39 AM | Public | ||
| stage-3-bifaces.jpg | 535.12kb | Jan 26, 2012 11:41:48 AM | Public | ||
| stage-3-5-bifaces.jpg | 537.11kb | Jan 26, 2012 11:41:52 AM | Public | ||
| late-stage-bifaces.jpg | 547.22kb | Jan 26, 2012 11:42:03 AM | Public | ||
| biface-fragments.jpg | 540.53kb | Jan 26, 2012 11:42:10 AM | Public | ||
| bifaces-stages-2-5-and-3.jpg | 587.58kb | Jan 26, 2012 11:46:02 AM | Public | ||
| late-stage-and-3-5-bifaces-combined.jpg | 585.88kb | Jan 26, 2012 11:53:51 AM | Public |