Use-wear and Starch Residue Analyses on an In Situ Corner-Tang Knife from the Texas Panhandle
Towards an Understanding of Function
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9217595 |
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| Authors | J Michael Quigg (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 217 |
| Pages | 37-44 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-01 |
| 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 | 10.1179/pan.2011.004 |
| OpenAlex | W1972129742 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
A single corner-tang biface has been recovered from a secure context beneath a large rock in a Late Archaic component dated to ca. 2400 B.P. at the Pipeline site (41PT185/C) near Amarillo, Texas. Use-wear and starch grain analyses indicate this specimen exhibits no detectable unique function, just cutting of soft material such as hide. Although two technical analyses detect no special use, the unique context of this artifact indicates that it retained perceived value and was “cached” under a rock for future retrieval
Archaeology · Artifact (error) · Composite material · Context (archaeology) · Flake · Geography · In situ · Mineralogy · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Geology · Materials Science · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
| Highly cited | No |
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