Technological Continuity and Functional Change
The Case of the Dorso End Scraper
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9217952 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leland C Bement (0000-0002-6032-6331, Texas Archaeological Research Laboratory University of Texas-Austin Austin, TX 79758-4497), Solveig A Turpin (Texas Archaeological Research Laboratory University of Texas-Austin Austin, TX 79758-4497) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 116 |
| Pages | 191-196 |
| Publication date | 1987-05-01 |
| 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 | 10.1080/2052546.1987.11909388 |
| OpenAlex | W2768771116 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Steeply beveled end scrapers are considered a temporal marker of the Late Prehistoric Period in Texas where they are generally associated with bison hunting populations. Microwear analysis of a sample of 35 scrapers collected from 14 sites in the Lower Pecos River Region demonstrates that the majority were used to process vegetation, an adaptation to the primary resource base in a near desert environment. A typological definition of the Dorso end scrapers is warranted by their value as chronological indicators of the proto-historic lnfierno Phase, an occupation intrusive from the Great Plains. The adaptation of traditional technology to a changing subsistence base is illustrated by this sample
Archaeology · Biology · Ephemeral key · Geography · Prehistory · Scraper site · Subsistence agriculture · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Natural History · Ecology · Engineering · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2019 (29) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |