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- Title
OBSERVATIONS ON THE AGE, DISTRIBUTION, AND ATTRIBUTES OF THE MATANZAS POINT TYPE.
- Authors
EVANS, MADELEINE G.; MCELRATH, DALE L.
- Abstract
In this article, we employ post-processual concepts of "communities of practice" and "chaine-operatoire" to examine the Matanzas point type. We conclude that Matanzas points, as originally defined by Munson and Harn (1966), represent a very distinctly manufactured, hafted biface tool tradition, with well-defined metric and nonmetric traits. In the 1970s, this projectile point type definition was expanded, potentially making it a less useful cultural indicator. Based on the reported age and distribution of Matanzas points throughout the Midwest, evidence of distantly related social groupings and population movement and dispersal are posited.
- Subjects
PREHISTORIC tools; PROJECTILE points; CULTURE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ANTIQUITIES
- Publication
Illinois Archaeology: Journal of the Illinois Archaeology Survey, 2010, Vol 22, Issue 2, p760
- ISSN
1050-8244
- Publication type
Article