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Functional Analysis of Flaked Stone Artifacts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Edwin N. Wilmsen
Edwin N. Wilmsen*
Affiliation:
Arizona State Museum, Tucson, Arizona
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Abstract

Edge-angle measurements from 1,448 Paleo-Indian stone artifacts are presented. The relationships between edge-angle size and differential functional applications are explored. Differences in angle size distributions are found to characterize distal and lateral edges. General categories of functional effectiveness are suggested for different angle size ranges. The utilized edges of tools with different angle sizes are found to exhibit different types of wear, and these differences are considered to be indicative of different functional operations.

Type
Research Article
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , April 1968 , pp. 156 - 161
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1968

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