Craig E Skinner

Biographic Data

ID122028
NAMECraig E Skinner
GIVEN NAMESCraig E
FAMILY NAMESkinner
SIGNATURESKINNER C E
AFFILIATIONSCorvallis Environmental Center
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS79
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
H-INDEX4

  • Fluted and Basally Thinned Concave-Base Points of Obsidian in the Borden Collection from Inyo County, Alta California

    Michael J Moratto, Alan P Garfinkel et al.ARTICLECalifornia Archaeology2018References: 26

    This article describes, classifies, and provides the calculated ages of 14 basally thinned and fluted points of obsidian in the Borden collection from Rose Valley in southern Inyo County, California. With the exception of one item of Fish Springs obsidian, the specimens are all made of glass from geologic subsources in the Coso Volcanic Field. Typologically, the fragmentary and reworked artifacts appear to represent Clovis, or perhaps Clovis-deri…

  • Long-distance conveyance of California obsidian at the Hayhurst lithic cache site (34ML168) in Oklahoma

    Sean G Dolan, M S Shackley et al.ARTICLEPlains Anthropologist2018Cited by: 1References: 40

    A piece of obsidian was found during excavations of a possible Middle Holocene Calf Creek biface cache at site 34ML168 in Oklahoma. Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the obsidian flake shows that the source material derives from Glass Mountain in California. This is the first instance of California obsidian in this region. However, most intriguing is that Glass Mountain erupted thousands of years after the presumed Calf Creek artif…

  • Chipped stone crescents from America’s Far West

    Open AccessNicholas P Jew, Amira F Ainis et al.ARTICLENorth American Archaeologist2015Cited by: 3References: 4

    Chipped stone crescents, Terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene artifacts from North America’s Far West, are often found in surficial contexts as isolated finds, with many currently residing in private or museum collections with limited provenience information. Such collections have the potential to reveal metric and morphological data, and contribute to our understanding of the distribution and material source locations for this unique artifact…

  • Hunter-gatherer Igneous Toolstone Procurement in Northern Arizona

    Theodore M Roberts, Craig E Skinner et al.ARTICLEKIVA2014Cited by: 1References: 23

    This paper focuses on patterns of hunter-gatherer igneous (flaked) toolstone procurement on the Coconino Plateau of northern Arizona. The two-part study combined an X-ray fluorescence (XRF) source sampling survey with an XRF analysis of projectile points. Our focus is on the sources of archaeological obsidian and fine-grained volcanic (FGV) material in the San Francisco and Mount Floyd Volcanic Fields and a sample of Paleoindian and Archaic perio…

  • Eyed Bone Needles from a Younger Dryas Paleoindian Component at Tule Lake Rock Shelter, Northern California

    Open AccessJon M Erlandson, Jon Erlandson et al.ARTICLEAmerican Antiquity2014Cited by: 4References: 7

    The geographic and chronological distribution of eyed bone needles in North American Paleoindian sites led Osborn (2014) to propose that these distinctive artifacts date primarily to the Terminal Pleistocene Younger Dryas Cold Event and were essential to making close-fitting clothes needed to survive frigid winter conditions. Our study of a museum collection from Tule Lake Rock Shelter (CA-SIS-218A) in the high Klamath Basin area supports Osborn'…

  • Paleoindian Seafaring, Maritime Technologies, and Coastal Foraging on California’s Channel Islands

    Open AccessJon M Erlandson, Jon Erlandson et al.ARTICLEScience2011

    Archaeological sites reveal a variety of tools used to hunt marine birds, mammals, and fish 12,000 years ago.

  • Reduction Strategies and Geochemical Characterization of Lithic Assemblages

    Open AccessJ W Eerkens, Jeffrey R Ferguson et al.ARTICLEAmerican Antiquity2007Cited by: 49References: 44

    Based on a simple model of lithic procurement, reduction, and use, we generate predictions for patterns in source diversity and average distance-to-source measurements for flaked stone assemblages left behind by small-scale and residentially mobile populations. We apply this model to geochemical data from obsidian artifacts from three regions in western North America. As predicted, results show markedly different patterns in the geochemical compo…

  • Bone Cave

    Open AccessJeffrey R Ferguson, Craig E SkinnerARTICLENorth American Archaeologist2005Cited by: 2References: 6

    The presence of obsidian artifacts available for hydration and sourcing analysis, a high concentration of well-preserved faunal remains, a limited time span of occupation, and a wealth of obsidian research in the region, make Bone Cave an ideal example of an often ignored class of archaeological site. Although highly disturbed, analysis of the excavation results allowed us to determine that Bone Cave served as a probable pre-Mazama (prior to 6850…

  • Mesoamerican Origin for an Obsidian Scraper from the Precolumbian Southeastern United States

    Open AccessAlex W Barker, Craig E Skinner et al.ARTICLEAmerican Antiquity2002Cited by: 14References: 10

    EDXRF analysis of an obsidian scraper from the Spiro Mounds, Oklahoma, shows that the source material was from Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico. Given the distinctive peralkaline character of the obsidian, the source assignment is considered extremely secure. The artifact was recovered from the east tunnel of Craig Mound, Spiro, immediately after the cessation of commercial digging in 1935, and has been in the Smithsonian's collections since 1937. Despit…

  • Chemical Differentiation of Obsidian within the Glass Buttes Complex, Oregon

    Open AccessJessica A Ambroz, Michael D Glascock et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2001Cited by: 5References: 4