The Denver Elephant Project
A Report on Experimentation with Thrusting Spears
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9216554 |
|---|---|
| Authors | B B Huckell (0000-0002-6327-2578, Cultural Resource Management Division Arizona State Museum The University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 85721, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 97 |
| Pages | 217-224 |
| Publication date | 1982-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Plains Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-0447 • E-ISSN: 2052-546X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/2052546.1982.11909079 |
| OpenAlex | W746938542 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 38 |
| References cited | 8 |
One aspect of the Denver Elephant Project, the experimental use of thrusting spears, is presented. A recentlydeceased elephant was made available for archaeological experimentation, and as a part of this work the author manufactured and, with the aid of others, employed a series of thrusting spears tipped with Clovis fluted point replicas. It was found that the use of composite thrusting spears permitted penetration of the elephant carcass, but also revealed problems in spear design. The types of projectile point breakage which occurred were found to compare favorably with archaeological specimens. Other implications of the work for the understanding of Clovis elephant procurement strategy and weaponry are presented, and suggestions are made for future experiments
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A Review of Late Pleistocene North American Bone and Ivory Tools
A Mechanical and Functional Study of Bone Rods from the Richey–Roberts Clovis Cache, Washington, U.S.A
Introduction to Papers in Honor of Bruce Huckell
Bifaces to Go (Again)
Hit or miss
Not just for proboscidean hunting
The effects of platform beveling on flake variation
Experimental bison butchery using replica hafted Clovis fluted points and large handheld flakes
Evidence supports the efficacy of Clovis points for hunting proboscideans
On the efficacy of Clovis fluted points for hunting proboscideans
A Cumberland Preform
Clovis Beveled Rod Manufacture
The Pleistocene Archaeology of Beringia
Survivorship Distributions in Experimental Spear Points
Summary and Conclusions
Identifying Weapon Delivery Systems Using Macrofracture Analysis and Fracture Propagation Velocity
Side-Notched and Unnotched Arrowpoints
Middle Palaeolithic subsistence
Along the ice margin—The cultural taphonomy of Late Pleistocene mammoth in southeastern Wisconsin (USA)
The Still Bay points of Blombos Cave (South Africa)
Finding the Paleoindian spearthrower
Backed point experiments for identifying mechanically-delivered armatures
Hunting Weapons of Neanderthals and Early Modern Humans in South Africa
When Lithics Hit Bones
Paleoindians, Proboscideans, and Phytotoxins
Test, Model, and Method Validation
More on Hafted Projectile Points in the Mousterian
Wear Traces and Projectile Impact
North American Clovis Point Form and Performance V
A Simple Experiment Challenges the Inference that Macro-fractures on Chipped-stone Tools are Clear Evidence of High-Velocity Impacts
The Fox site (5WL8848)
Point Counter Point
Further Insights Into Paleoindian Use of the Powars Ii Red Ocher Quarry (48pl330), Wyoming
Building experimental use-wear analogues for Clovis biface functions
Let's cut to the chase and rely on fracture mechanics to identify projectile armatures
North American Clovis Point Form and Performance
Design and Function of Lowe and Sawmill Points from the Preceramic Period of Belize
Plains Paleoindian Projectile Point Penetration Potential
Of Chipped Stone Tools, Elephants, and the Clovis Hunters
Penetrating Elephant Hide with Wood Atlatl Darts
Functional Analysis of Stone Tools
Butchering and Stone Tool Function
Bull Brook - A Fluted Point Site in Ipswich, Massachusetts
The Lehner Mammoth Site, Southeastern Arizona
Artifacts with Mammoth Remains, Naco, Arizona
| Unique citing works | 38 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,97 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2025 (39) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 38 |