Journal
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 39, Issue 8, Pages 2802-2809Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.04.014
Keywords
Experimental archaeology; Projectile point; Asphaltum; Bitumen; California; Great Basin
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The design of a projectile delivery system often plays a critical role in the durability and breakage patterns associated with spent projectile points. This paper presents the results of an experimental project designed to examine projectile point durability and breakage patterns between three different hafting methods. Specifically, we compare two asphaltum hafting techniques drawn from archaeological and ethnohistoric accounts from the Central Valley of California with a more stereotypical cross-hatched sinew hafting system. Our results suggest a small yet statistically significant increase in durability among asphaltum hafted points, opening the door to future research on these ethnohistorically documented hafting techniques. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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