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Clovis Technology
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Author : Bruce A. Bradley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Clovis Technology written by Bruce A. Bradley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Clovis culture categories.
This volume presents a detailed description and analysis of the technology of tool production in the Clovis, Paleoindian period of North American prehistory. Lithic technology is most exhaustively covered, but ivory, bone, antler, and tooth tool production is considered as well. In addition, microscopic analysis of a number of lithic tools provides indications of some of the uses to which these tools were put.
Clovis Blade Technology
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Author : Michael B. Collins
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2010-07-22
Clovis Blade Technology written by Michael B. Collins and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-22 with Social Science categories.
Around 11,000 years ago, a Paleoindian culture known to us as "Clovis" occupied much of North America. Considered to be among the continent's earliest human inhabitants, the Clovis peoples were probably nomadic hunters and gatherers whose remaining traces include camp sites and caches of goods stored for utilitarian or ritual purposes. This book offers the first comprehensive study of a little-known aspect of Clovis culture—stone blade technology. Michael Collins introduces the topic with a close look at the nature of blades and the techniques of their manufacture, followed by a discussion of the full spectrum of Clovis lithic technology and how blade production relates to the production of other stone tools. He then provides a full report of the discovery and examination of fourteen blades found in 1988 in the Keven Davis Cache in Navarro County, Texas. Collins also presents a comparative study of known and presumed Clovis blades from many sites, discusses the Clovis peoples' caching practices, and considers what lithic technology and caching behavior can add to our knowledge of Clovis lifeways. These findings will be important reading for both specialists and amateurs who are piecing together the puzzle of the peopling of the Americas, since the manufacture of blades is a trait that Clovis peoples shared with the Upper Paleolithic peoples in Europe and northern Asia.
Clovis Lithic Technology
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Author : Michael R. Waters
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2011-10-12
Clovis Lithic Technology written by Michael R. Waters and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-12 with Social Science categories.
Some 13,000 years ago, humans were drawn repeatedly to a small valley in what is now Central Texas, near the banks of Buttermilk Creek. These early hunter-gatherers camped, collected stone, and shaped it into a variety of tools they needed to hunt game, process food, and subsist in the Texas wilderness. Their toolkit included bifaces, blades, and deadly spear points. Where they worked, they left thousands of pieces of debris, which have allowed archaeologists to reconstruct their methods of tool production. Along with the faunal material that was also discarded in their prehistoric campsite, these stone, or lithic, artifacts afford a glimpse of human life at the end of the last ice age during an era referred to as Clovis. The area where these people roamed and camped, called the Gault site, is one of the most important Clovis sites in North America. A decade ago a team from Texas A&M University excavated a single area of the site—formally named Excavation Area 8, but informally dubbed the Lindsey Pit—which features the densest concentration of Clovis artifacts and the clearest stratigraphy at the Gault site. Some 67,000 lithic artifacts were recovered during fieldwork, along with 5,700 pieces of faunal material. In a thorough synthesis of the evidence from this prehistoric “workshop,” Michael R. Waters and his coauthors provide the technical data needed to interpret and compare this site with other sites from the same period, illuminating the story of Clovis people in the Buttermilk Creek Valley.
Clovis First
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Author : Mary M. Prasciunas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Clovis First written by Mary M. Prasciunas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Antiquities, Prehistoric categories.
As traditional interpretations of New World colonization become increasingly unpopular, researchers argue that many of the traditionally established spatial, temporal, and technological characteristics of Clovis also need to be reevaluated. This dissertation assesses these arguments in several ways. First, the spatial distribution of Clovis projectile points across North America is examined to determine what point distribution can indicate about the colonization process and the origin of Clovis, and whether point distribution is related to factors affecting point visibility. Using county-level data for a sample of states from the western and southeastern U.S., the dissertation demonstrates that Clovis projectile point distribution is significantly related to modern population density, cultivated acreage, intensity of archaeological research, and measures of environmental productivity, and that interpreting Clovis point distribution is therefore more complex than frequently assumed. Next, the dissertation evaluates recent claims that the duration of Clovis is several hundred years shorter than previously estimated. This newly defined age range, based on a very small sample of Clovis sites, is argued by some researchers to support the spread of Clovis technology through existing populations rather than the spread of populations themselves throughout the continent. By simulating colonization and randomly sampling the distribution of Clovis sites created during the course of colonization, the dissertation demonstrates that a small sample of well dated Clovis sites is incapable of accurately representing the true duration of the colonization event. Arguments that the newly defined, constricted time range supports the spread of Clovis technology through existing populations rather than the spread of populations themselves throughout the continent are therefore not supported. Finally, the dissertation evaluates recent critiques that many post-Clovis Paleoindian sites do not conform to traditional expectations of early Paleoindian technological organization, and that these expectations as a whole should therefore be reevaluated. Although much technological variation has been demonstrated within the Paleoindian period, assemblage-level tests of the degree to which Clovis technology conforms to traditional expectations are lacking, even though these expectations were originally designed with Clovis in mind. The dissertation therefore compares the lithic assemblage from the Sheaman Clovis site in eastern Wyoming to a sample of post-Clovis Paleoindian assemblages to assess the potential uniqueness of Clovis technological organization. Minimum Analytical Nodule Analysis is then used to provide a more detailed picture of Clovis technological planning strategies. The Sheaman assemblage fulfills traditional expectations of Clovis technological organization, and appears unique in many ways compared to later Paleoindian manifestations. As a whole, the analyses within this dissertation suggest that we do not have an empirical basis for rejecting many of the traditionally noted spatial, temporal, and technological characteristics of Clovis.
Clovis Technology And Settlement In The American Southeast
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Author : Ashley Michelle Smallwood
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Clovis Technology And Settlement In The American Southeast written by Ashley Michelle Smallwood and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.
This dissertation presents new data on Clovis site occupation, technological organization, and settlement in the American Southeast. Evidence suggests that traditionally-accepted, western-centric models do not fully explain Clovis technological characteristics and settlement patterns in the region. My second chapter presents the results of a 40 square meter block excavation on the Topper site (SC) hillside where a buried Clovis assemblage has been recovered. I review the site geomorphology and formation processes to evaluate the context of the Clovis component, characterize the Clovis assemblage and the horizontal distribution of artifacts to understand how the Clovis occupants used this portion of the site, and compare these excavation results to the rest of the archaeological record at Topper to discuss the general nature of the Clovis occupation there. My third chapter focuses on the 174 bifaces from Topper to understand biface production. I present the process of manufacture then measure the variation in production characteristics at the site in terms of our current knowledge of Clovis biface technology. I conclude that Topper flintknappers used reduction strategies typical of Clovis-but created a biface assemblage with greater flexibility in design than documented at most other Clovis sites. Clovis groups adapted to local resource conditions and adjusted the organization of their technology accordingly. My fourth chapter analyzes southeastern Clovis point data and biface assemblages from Carson-Conn-Short (TN), Topper, and Williamson (VA) to test the technological implications of Kelly and Todd's (1988) high-technology-forager model and Anderson's (1990) staging-area model. Significant subregional variation exists in Clovis biface systems, such as differences in point morphology and the tempo of biface reduction. This variation suggests the subregions represent distinct populations who distinctly altered aspects of their technology but maintained fundamental elements of the Clovis tradition. Ultimately, I demonstrate there was greater variability in Clovis behavior across America. Recognizing regional variation in the archaeological record is key to understanding the complexities of Clovis origins and dispersal.
Clovis Technology In Virginia
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Author : William Jack Hranicky
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Clovis Technology In Virginia written by William Jack Hranicky and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Arrowheads categories.
Across Atlantic Ice
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Author : Dennis J. Stanford
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2012
Across Atlantic Ice written by Dennis J. Stanford and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
"Who were the first humans to inhabit North America? According to the now familiar story, mammal hunters entered the continent some 12,000 years ago via a land bridge that spanned the Bering Sea and introduced the distinctive stone tools of the Clovis culture. Drawing from original archaeological analysis, paleoclimatic research, and genetic studies, noted archaeologists Dennis J. Stanford and Bruce A. Bradley challenge that narrative. Their hypothesis places the technological antecedents of Clovis technology in Europe, with the culture of Solutrean people in France and Spain more than 20,000 years ago, and posits that the first Americans crossed the Atlantic by boat and arrived earlier than previously thought."--Back cover.
Clovis Caches
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Author : Bruce B. Huckell
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 2014-05-01
Clovis Caches written by Bruce B. Huckell and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-01 with Social Science categories.
“A unique, significant contribution to our maturing studies of the Clovis era.”—Gary Haynes, author of The Early Settlement of North America: The Clovis Era The Paleoindian Clovis culture is known for distinctive stone and bone tools often associated with mammoth and bison remains, dating back some 13,500 years. While the term Clovis is known to every archaeology student, few books have detailed the specifics of Clovis archaeology. This collection of essays investigates caches of Clovis tools, many of which have only recently come to light. These caches are time capsules that allow archaeologists to examine Clovis tools at earlier stages of manufacture than the broken and discarded artifacts typically recovered from other sites. The studies comprising this volume treat methodological and theoretical issues including the recognition of Clovis caches, Clovis lithic technology, mobility, and land use.
Clovis
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Author : Ashley M. Smallwood
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2014-12-08
Clovis written by Ashley M. Smallwood and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-08 with Social Science categories.
New research and the discovery of multiple archaeological sites predating the established age of Clovis (13,000 years ago) provide evidence that the Americas were first colonized at least one thousand to two thousand years before Clovis. These revelations indicate to researchers that the peopling of the Americas was perhaps a more complex process than previously thought. The Clovis culture remains the benchmark for chronological, technological, and adaptive comparisons in research on peopling of the Americas. In Clovis: On the Edge of a New Understanding, volume editors Ashley Smallwood and Thomas Jennings bring together the work of many researchers actively studying the Clovis complex. The contributing authors presented earlier versions of these chapters at the Clovis: Current Perspectives on Chronology, Technology, and Adaptations symposium held at the 2011 Society for American Archaeology meetings in Sacramento, California. In seventeen chapters, the researchers provide their current perspectives of the Clovis archaeological record as they address the question: What is and what is not Clovis?
Clovis Research Technology Park Expansion
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Author : Clovis (Calif.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Clovis Research Technology Park Expansion written by Clovis (Calif.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Business parks categories.