Production Skill and Paleoindian Workgroup Organization in the Medicine Creek Drainage, Southwestern Nebraska
Extremely skillful stoneworking is widely cited as an important characteristic of the Paleoindian period in North America. This paper considers differences in finished and unfinished projectile points and bifaces from two Paleoindian sites in the Medicine Creek drainage of southwestern Nebraska with...
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Published in | Journal of archaeological method and theory Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 132 - 153 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Boston
Springer
01.03.2008
Springer US Springer Nature B.V |
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Summary: | Extremely skillful stoneworking is widely cited as an important characteristic of the Paleoindian period in North America. This paper considers differences in finished and unfinished projectile points and bifaces from two Paleoindian sites in the Medicine Creek drainage of southwestern Nebraska with this in mind, arguing that these differences reflect significant differences in the overall level of skill of the stone workers who used these sites. Recognizing variability in Paleoindian flintknapping skill has implications for the organization of landuse in the Medicine Creek region and for our understanding of the archaeology of the Paleoindian period in general. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1072-5369 1573-7764 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10816-007-9045-1 |