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Clovis Revisited : New Perspectives on Paleoindian Adaptations from Blackwater Draw, New Mexico /

Explore the early days of Paleoindian archaeology in this engaging retrospective of Edgar B. Howard's Southwest Early Man Project, 1929-1937, cosponsored by the University Museum and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. This book contains a detailed analysis of the world-famous Clov...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Boldurian, Anthony T.
Otros Autores: Cotter, John L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1999.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1 Edgar B. Howard's Southwest Early Man Project; Background; Historical Summary; Starting Out; Burnet Cave; The Black water Draw; The Crews and Camp Life; More Discoveries; CHAPTER 2 Late Pleistocene Environments and Human Ecology of the Southern Plains: A Summary and Perspective; Introduction; A Paleo environmental Sketch; Stone Resources; Edwards Formation Cherts; Alibates Agate; Tecovas Jasper; Orthoquartzites.
  • Influences of Paleo environment on Patterns of Land Use and Group MobilityBroilo's Model; Core Reduction; Clovis Core Reduction; Folsom Core Reduction; Concluding Note; CHAPTER 3 Research Goals and Analytical Methods; Goals of the Study; Nature of the Collection; Sub assemblage; Context; A Sample Collection; Methods and Procedures of the Analysis; Unmodified Debitage; Formed Implements; CHAPTER 4 Description of the Collection; Introduction; General Parameters and Limitations; Inventory of the Specimens; Clovis; Folsom; Concluding Remarks; CHAPTER 5 Analytical Comparisons; Introduction; Clovis.
  • BlademakingHunting Weaponry; Folsom; Well-Used Weapon Tips; Briefly Used-Workshop New; Mobile Biface Cores; Recycled Tools; Ultrathin Bifaces; Parallel Flaked Horizon; Non-Fluted Bifaces: Uses; Specialized Bifacial Tools; CHAPTER 6 Concluding Observations; Introduction; Clovis Adaptations; Pan-Clovis Tool Kit: A Perspective; Water: The Key Resource; Clovis-Folsom Relationships; Clovis Origins; Antecedents: A Westward View; The Eastern Woodlands; Old World Origins; Access: West and East; REFERENCES CITED; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.