Ruthann Knudson
Biographic Data
| ID | 203173 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruthann Knudson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruthann |
| FAMILY NAME | Knudson |
| SIGNATURE | KNUDSON R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Woodward (United States) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 70 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Plainview
The Plainview Site
The Plainview site, in Running Water Draw of northwest Texas, was excavated in 1945 and is the type locality for the Plainview artifact style. The artifact assemblage was associated with a bone bed of Bison antiquus which likely resulted from at least two kills. The Plainview style is one of the best known of the unfluted Paleoindian artifacts, but much remains unknown about the site itself. A visit to the site by C.V. Haynes and J.J. Hester in 1…
Council for Museum Anthropology
E. Mott Davis
Plateau
The 10,000-Year-Oid Lubbock Artifact Assemblage
Five lanceolate flaked stone tools, two with fitted or matching debitage flakes, and three flake tools were recovered from feature FA5-17, a Bison antiquus ki lllbutchering activi (Y area, in substratum 2s at the Lubbock Lake Landmark (4JLUJ), Texas. These artifacts are identified as the Lubbock assemblage, with contracting-stemmed Lubbock points named as a mnemonic rather than a (Ype. A radiocarbon determination of 9950±120 BP is associated The …
The San Jon Points And Paleoindian Typology
The San Jon Paleoindian flaked lithic assemblage has more value as an example of problems in Paleoindian systematics than as a key to understanding Early Holocene culture history on the Southern Plains. There is no such thing as a San Jon point type of any classificatory significance. There is a Paleoindian lanceolate projectile point style represented at the San Jon site by one nearly complete tool, perhaps shaped or used as a knife as well as a…
Applied Anthropology
Basic Principles of Archaeological Resource Management
Since its inception the Society for American Archaeology has been concerned about 'encourag[ing] a rational public appreciation of the aims... of archaeological research,' and aiding in the conservation of archaeological data. The Society has acted on these concerns by becoming involved in the development of legislation intending to regulate the management of the archaeological resource base. During the recent campaign to amend the National Histo…
Don E. Crabtree, 1912-1980
the dean of American flintknappers," died in Twin Falls, Idaho, on November 16,1980, of complications of heart disease. He had been in ill health for some time and, indeed, had major health problems for much of his life. Yet he was possessed of immense energy and curiosity that pushed him to world leadership in the study of stone-tool technologies. To a great extent self-educated, he spent most of his life in the agricultural communities of south…
Guest Editorial
A History of Flint-Knapping Experimentation, 1838-1976 [and Comments and Reply]
The earliest experiments were conducted to discover how to produce chipped stone tools using nonmetallic knapping tools. By 1880, the major perceived problems were solved: ancient stone tools were made by direct stone percussion, later tools might be finished by pressure flaking with an antler tine, and flakes, since they could be duplicated by natural forces, should be accepted as man-made only when found in quantity and made to a pattern. In th…
Experimental Lithicology
The study of prehistoric change
A History of Flint-Knapping Experimentation, 1838-1976 [and Comments and Reply]
The earliest experiments were conducted to discover how to produce chipped stone tools using nonmetallic knapping tools. By 1880, the major perceived problems were solved: ancient stone tools were made by direct stone percussion, later tools might be finished by pressure flaking with an antler tine, and flakes, since they could be duplicated by natural forces, should be accepted as man-made only when found in quantity and made to a pattern. In th…
Plainview
The 10,000-Year-Oid Lubbock Artifact Assemblage
Five lanceolate flaked stone tools, two with fitted or matching debitage flakes, and three flake tools were recovered from feature FA5-17, a Bison antiquus ki lllbutchering activi (Y area, in substratum 2s at the Lubbock Lake Landmark (4JLUJ), Texas. These artifacts are identified as the Lubbock assemblage, with contracting-stemmed Lubbock points named as a mnemonic rather than a (Ype. A radiocarbon determination of 9950±120 BP is associated The …
The San Jon Points And Paleoindian Typology
The San Jon Paleoindian flaked lithic assemblage has more value as an example of problems in Paleoindian systematics than as a key to understanding Early Holocene culture history on the Southern Plains. There is no such thing as a San Jon point type of any classificatory significance. There is a Paleoindian lanceolate projectile point style represented at the San Jon site by one nearly complete tool, perhaps shaped or used as a knife as well as a…
Don E. Crabtree, 1912-1980
the dean of American flintknappers," died in Twin Falls, Idaho, on November 16,1980, of complications of heart disease. He had been in ill health for some time and, indeed, had major health problems for much of his life. Yet he was possessed of immense energy and curiosity that pushed him to world leadership in the study of stone-tool technologies. To a great extent self-educated, he spent most of his life in the agricultural communities of south…
Basic Principles of Archaeological Resource Management
Since its inception the Society for American Archaeology has been concerned about 'encourag[ing] a rational public appreciation of the aims... of archaeological research,' and aiding in the conservation of archaeological data. The Society has acted on these concerns by becoming involved in the development of legislation intending to regulate the management of the archaeological resource base. During the recent campaign to amend the National Histo…
The study of prehistoric change
A History of Flint-Knapping Experimentation, 1838-1976 [and Comments and Reply]
The earliest experiments were conducted to discover how to produce chipped stone tools using nonmetallic knapping tools. By 1880, the major perceived problems were solved: ancient stone tools were made by direct stone percussion, later tools might be finished by pressure flaking with an antler tine, and flakes, since they could be duplicated by natural forces, should be accepted as man-made only when found in quantity and made to a pattern. In th…
Experimental Lithicology
Guest Editorial
Basic Principles of Archaeological Resource Management
Since its inception the Society for American Archaeology has been concerned about 'encourag[ing] a rational public appreciation of the aims... of archaeological research,' and aiding in the conservation of archaeological data. The Society has acted on these concerns by becoming involved in the development of legislation intending to regulate the management of the archaeological resource base. During the recent campaign to amend the National Histo…
Don E. Crabtree, 1912-1980
the dean of American flintknappers," died in Twin Falls, Idaho, on November 16,1980, of complications of heart disease. He had been in ill health for some time and, indeed, had major health problems for much of his life. Yet he was possessed of immense energy and curiosity that pushed him to world leadership in the study of stone-tool technologies. To a great extent self-educated, he spent most of his life in the agricultural communities of south…
Applied Anthropology
The San Jon Points And Paleoindian Typology
The San Jon Paleoindian flaked lithic assemblage has more value as an example of problems in Paleoindian systematics than as a key to understanding Early Holocene culture history on the Southern Plains. There is no such thing as a San Jon point type of any classificatory significance. There is a Paleoindian lanceolate projectile point style represented at the San Jon site by one nearly complete tool, perhaps shaped or used as a knife as well as a…
The 10,000-Year-Oid Lubbock Artifact Assemblage
Five lanceolate flaked stone tools, two with fitted or matching debitage flakes, and three flake tools were recovered from feature FA5-17, a Bison antiquus ki lllbutchering activi (Y area, in substratum 2s at the Lubbock Lake Landmark (4JLUJ), Texas. These artifacts are identified as the Lubbock assemblage, with contracting-stemmed Lubbock points named as a mnemonic rather than a (Ype. A radiocarbon determination of 9950±120 BP is associated The …
Plateau
E. Mott Davis
Council for Museum Anthropology
The Plainview Site
The Plainview site, in Running Water Draw of northwest Texas, was excavated in 1945 and is the type locality for the Plainview artifact style. The artifact assemblage was associated with a bone bed of Bison antiquus which likely resulted from at least two kills. The Plainview style is one of the best known of the unfluted Paleoindian artifacts, but much remains unknown about the site itself. A visit to the site by C.V. Haynes and J.J. Hester in 1…
Plainview
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