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219 abraders, 36, 37, 201 abrasion, platform bifaces, 86–87, 95, 96 cortical biface thinning flakes, 101–2 cortical bladelike flakes, 59 cortical irregular blades, 54, 55 cortical normal flakes, 39–40 crested blades, 57 and knapping tools, 36 knives, 100 noncortical biface thinning flakes, 102 projectile points, 97, 98, 99 abrasion of tool surface, 135 See also usewear analyses Adams site, Kentucky, 84 agate points, 207, 208 Alexander, Dawn, 6 Alibates agate points, 207, 208 alluvial deposits at site, 3, 4, 11–12 See also floodplain deposition Anadarko cache, Oklahoma, 73, 207–8 Angostura point, 17, 18 anthropogenic fires, evidence of, 163 See also hearth features Archaeological Conservancy, 5 Archaic layers, 3 arrises, 55, 62, 124 See also blade removal scars; crested blades; usewear analyses art, Clovis, 205 Aubrey site, Texas, 207–8 avian remains, 154–55, 157, 159, 160, 161, 164, 165, 184, 202 Balcones Escarpment, 3, 195 Bartelink, Eric, 6 bear remains, 161, 165, 183, 202 bedrock characterization, 1, 3, 11–19 See also stratigraphic profile Bell County, Texas, 1 bevels, biface, 84, 85, 99 See also endthinning flakes biface thinning flakes attributes, 83–84 debitage recovered, overview, 100–103 interpretation and conclusions, 197–98 overshot flakes, 103–6 partial overshot flakes, 106, 108–12 See also endthinning flakes bifaces/biface production analysis, comparisons, 112–19 categorization of, 84 as cores, 92, 93 efficiency of production, 119–22 interpretations and conclusions, 195–96, 197–99 preforms, 86–87, 95–97, 119–22, 150–51, 199 primary, 85–92, 93, 106, 119–22, 150–51, 198 production, overview of process, 31, 33–34, 83–84 secondary, 86–87, 90, 92–95, 119–22, 150–51, 199 in spatial analysis of site, 175–80, 177, 190 usewear analysis, 137–40 See also projectile points bioturbation, 12, 19 bison remains, 154, 159–60, 161, 165, 183, 202, 206 bit morphology, endscrapers, 123–26, 140–43, 148, 200 Blackwater Draw site, New Mexico, 73, 207–8 blade removal scars conical cores, 45, 46, 76 core-tablet flakes, 61, 62, 66, 67 cortical regular blades, 64 crested blades, 57 interpretation and conclusions, 196 multidirectional cores, 47, 50 noncortical irregular blades, 54–55 noncortical regular blades, 66 unidirectional cores, 46–47, 50 wedge-shaped cores, 45, 48, 76 See also flake removal scars Index Figures in italics indicate figures or tables. 220 INDEX blades/blade production analysis, methodologies, conclusions, 69, 73–81 crested blades, 42, 55–57, 58–59, 69, 76, 196 definition, 41, 57 distribution, size/frequency, 74–81 edge-modified blades, 8, 30, 126–28, 127, 143–44, 151 interpretations and conclusions, 195–98 overview of production (Clovis), 31, 33–34, 41–42 in spatial analysis of site, 175–80, 190 unmodified blades, 126, 127, 144–45 usewear analysis, 143–45, 150 See also by-products of blade production; conical cores; cortical regular blades; noncortical regular blades; reworked/retouched/used blades; wedge-shaped cores bone artifacts, 19–20, 28, 205 See also burned bone/debitage; faunal remains, vertebrate Brazos River, 1 bulbs of force. See platform characteristics/preparation Burden, Damon, 7 burned bone/debitage in hearth analysis, Unit 3a, 169–73, 180, 182–83 in pattern analysis, Unit 3b, 174–93 burned faunal remains, 162–63, 164, 165 burrows, animal, 19 Buttermilk Creek, 1, 3, 11, 195 See also floodplain deposition Buvit, Ian, 7 by-products of biface production. See biface thinning flakes by-products of blade production analysis, 69 conical cores, 42–45 core-tablet flakes, 42, 61–63 cortical bladelike flakes, 57, 59, 60, 62–63 cortical irregular blades, 50–54, 69, 76 crested blades, 42, 55–57, 58–59, 69, 196 interpretation and conclusions, 196–97 noncortical bladelike flakes, 60, 61 noncortical irregular blades, 51, 54–55, 69, 76 overview, 31, 33–34, 41 wedge-shaped cores, 45, 48–50 cached blades and quality analysis, 73–75, 78 Camp 16 site (Kalahari), 168–69 campsites, 167–69 See also hearth features Carlson, David, 4–5, 6 charcoal artifacts, 12 chert availability of, 31 nonlocal, 98, 100 site physiography, 1, 3, 32 See also Edwards chert choppers, 8, 30, 35, 140, 149–50, 201 clay deposits, 12 Clovis blades. See blades/blade production Clovis caches Anadarko cache, Oklahoma, 73, 207–8 de Graffenried cache, 115–16, 117, 118 Green cache, New Mexico, 73 Hogeye cache, 115–19, 207 Keven Davis cache, Texas, 73, 207–8 West Bank cache, New Mexico, 73 Clovis interpretations and conclusions Gault site and Excavation Area 8, 201–5 lithic assemblage, 195–201 settlement, regional...

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