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- Title
MICROWEAR ANALYSIS OF THE POTTER SITE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE USE OF EXPEDIENT TECHNOLOGY.
- Authors
Rockwell, Heather M.
- Abstract
The Potter site in New Hampshire has yielded a large collection of stone tools from the Early and Middle Paleoindian period. Stone tools are often the only evidence available for studying prehistoric archaeological sites, though their function is often poorly understood or inferred from morphological characteristics. In this study I examined 974 artifacts from the Potter site with particular attention to the rote of unretouched debitage in the tool kit. My results suggest that not only were unmodified flakes used as tools, but they were used for different activities than were more-intensively shaped tools. This study suggests that if only formal tools were examined we would have an inaccurate picture of site activities.
- Subjects
PALEO-Indians; ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations; STONE implements; PREHISTORIC peoples; ANTIQUITIES
- Publication
Archaeology of Eastern North America, 2017, Vol 45, p161
- ISSN
0360-1021
- Publication type
Article