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caveman2533:
Technically they are not finished points as you and I think of them. What he is referring to is the large wenatchee types that have the nubs and as the life of the biface continues there are flakes taken as the biface is reduced to a finished point, but not all in one sitting. meaning the bifaces was almost like a large preform that was curated as a tool supply when needed and when its tool supply was finally finished into a typical clovis point.
Zuma,
Maybe I missed it, but why can't you view the video.
Zuma:
Hey Steve, Thanks for the explanation.
I can't watch videos because I must be the only
guy in America with out broadband the POTUS
promised. I live in rural Page Co. VA. No cable
just an out dated underground phone line that I get
about 3kb a minuet on.
Anywho The Nub is interesting stuff. Kinda weird though.
Check your pm box. Questions about Bald Eagle.
Thanks Zuma
Oh btw did you catch Jack C's talk on the Macungie finds
at OR.
mullet:
Now this is nice and informative and a lot simpler to follow. Thanks guys.
bubby:
Its amazing what you can achieve by explaining things
Zuma:
Well at least I just found someone in agreement with my thinking. :) ;) :D
There is supposed to be some rebuttal but I just found this and will persue
more if possible.
the role of experimental archaeology in the Solutrean-Clovis ...
Eren et al’s results suggest that overshot flakes are by products of a general biface thinning technique and in and of themselves are not very reliable or optimal at thinning bifaces. This conclusion seems to suggest that Solutrean and Clovis bifaces were produced using similar, simple, biface thinning techniques that resulted in occasional, accidental, overshot flakes. The article also contains a discussion of the existing archaeological evidence for overshot flaking in Clovis assemblages, not much, and the lack of comparable data in Solutrean assemblages.
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