This dissertation is a technological study that deals with those techniques
employed by the Gault Clovis people in the manufacture of both bifaces and blades.
The materials studied were recovered during the 2000 and 2001 field seasons
conducted by the Anthropology Department of Texas A&M University. The study
involves an analysis that deals with raw material selection, blank production, reduction
methods, and problems encountered, and includes a definitive description and metric
calculations for each of the various artifact types analyzed. The results are then
compared to similar artifact assemblages from known Clovis sites. The conclusions
derived from this analysis show that the Gault Clovis people utilized a number of
different strategies in both biface and blade reduction. It was found that some of these
strategies, previously felt to be restricted to one reductive procedure, were connected
and utilized in both procedures. In addition, it was discovered that some techniques
thought to be limited to use only within the initial reduction sequence were, in fact,
utilized throughout.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/4658 |
| Date | 25 April 2007 |
| Creators | Dickens, William A. |
| Contributors | Shafer, Harry J., Waters, Michael R. |
| Publisher | Texas A&M University |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book, Thesis, Electronic Dissertation, text |
| Format | 4957276 bytes, electronic, application/pdf, born digital |
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