The Influence of Lithic Raw Material Selection on Regional Morphological Variability of Clovis Fluted Points

ISBN-10
1407356038
ISBN-13
9781407356037
Category
Archaeology
Pages
175
Language
English
Published
2020
Author
Alan M. Slade

Description

Clovis was once considered to be the first universal lithic technology to evolve in North America, occurring between 11,050 to 10,800 radiocarbon years before present (14C yr BP). These early hunter-gatherers left behind a sparse material record of their occupation that consists primarily of stone tools and the manufacturing debris associated with their production. The trademark tool of this earliest lithic technology to evolve in North America is a fluted point named after its type site discovery in a quarry at Blackwater Draw Locality No. 1, near Clovis, a town in New Mexico. These artefacts were made by widely separated groups throughout North America. In this study, the author identifies a number of Clovis and Clovis variants from seven environmentally different regions across North America.

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