A geometric morphometrics-based assessment of blade shape differences among Paleoindian projectile point types from western North America

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 350-359

  Buchanan, Briggs ^a   Collard, Mark ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blade shape; Geometric morphometrics; Paleoindian; Projectile points; Raw material quality; Reduction thesis; Resharpening

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; GEOMETRY; HOLOCENE; MATERIAL CULTURE; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREHISTORIC;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70449670300     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.09.047     Document Type: Article

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