The end of the Pleistocene and subsequent transition into the early Holocene marked a time of great environmental, climatic, and geological flux in Florida. Furthermore, these changes influenced a shift in the technologies of people inhabiting the Southeast at this time. Late Paleoindian groups at the end of the Pleistocene utilized lanceolate-shaped projectile points, whereas the Early Archaic groups of the transitional Holocene utilized side- and corner-notched points. Past research on these Early Archaic groups has shown that the shift in technology may have been influenced by the Dalton culture entering the region from the greater Southeast, sharing their ideas and technologies and spreading the notched point type around the region. Furthermore, the earliest notched points in the Florida record are extremely varied in terms of size and overall shape. Because of this, it has been believed that Early Archaic points in Florida, Bolen points specifically, had many subtypes, sometimes up to six or seven depending on the source. However, due to the success of curation studies being applied to Dalton points of the Paleoindian/Archaic transition, it is possible that the large variation in Bolen point styles is not reflective of varying subtypes of Bolen points, but instead the variation is representative of successive stages of resharpening a projectile point throughout its use-life. The research in this thesis focuses on applying methods of studying tool curation over time to a set of Bolen points from the archaeological record in Florida. / A Thesis submitted to the Department of Anthropology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. / 2019 / November 4, 2019. / archaeology, Bolen, early archaic, Expended Utility, geometric morphometrics, pythagorean / Includes bibliographical references. / Jessi J. Halligan, Professor Directing Thesis; Thomas P. Leppard, Committee Member; Tanya M. Peres, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_752418 |
| Contributors | Cross, Austin F. (author), Halligan, Jessi J. (professor directing thesis), Leppard, Thomas P. (committee member), Peres, Tanya M. (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Arts and Sciences (degree granting college), Department of Anthropology (degree granting departmentdgg) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text, master thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (113 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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