Explaining the origin of fluting in North American Pleistocene weaponry

Volume: 81, Pages: 23 - 30
Published: May 1, 2017
Abstract
Clovis groups, the first widely successful colonizers of North America, had a distinctive technology, whereby manufacturers removed flakes to thin the bases of their stone projectile points, creating “flutes.” That process is challenging to learn and costly to implement, yet was used continent-wide. It has long been debated whether fluting conferred any adaptive benefit. We compared standardized models of fluted and unfluted points:...
Paper Details
Title
Explaining the origin of fluting in North American Pleistocene weaponry
Published Date
May 1, 2017
Volume
81
Pages
23 - 30
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