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A Fluted Point from Costa Rica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

James L. Swauger  and
William J. Mayer-Oakes
James L. Swauger
Affiliation:
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
William J. Mayer-Oakes
Affiliation:
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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In 1903 C. V. Hartman excavated archaeological materials in Costa Rica for Carnegie Museum and also purchased several local collections. In June 1950 the unpacking of a portion of the collection not reported by Hartman (1907), disclosed a fluted projectile point of dull black flint (Figs. 88, 89) with these measurements: length, A to B, 58 mm.; width, C to D, 32 mm.; maximum thickness, 5 mm. The point was made from a curved flake so that one face exhibits the fluting while the other retains the smooth, unworked original surface. The sides of both faces exhibit carefully controlled secondary chipping. The basal edge and the edges from C and D toward the base have been smoothed, either by intentional grinding or by the wear of successive rehaftings. Basal thinning is pronounced on both faces.

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American Antiquity , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , January 1952 , pp. 264 - 265
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1952

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