Flake scar patterns of Clovis points analyzed with a new digital morphometrics approach: Evidence for direct transmission of technological knowledge across early North America

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3018-3026

  Sholts, Sabrina B ^a,b   Stanford, Dennis J ^c   Flores, Louise M ^a   Wärmländer, Sebastian K T S ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

3D scanning; Contour analysis; Lithic technology; Morphology; Paleoindians; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; DIGITAL IMAGE; MORPHOMETRY; PLEISTOCENE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOOL USE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84862121378     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.04.049     Document Type: Article

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