Journal
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 55, Issue -, Pages 34-41Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.12.019
Keywords
Lithic analysis; Paleoindian; Fracture mechanics; Fracture velocity; Loading rate; Spearthrower; Quantitative method
Funding
- Simon Fraser University Doctoral Fellowships
- President's Ph.D. Research Stipend (SFU)
- Department of Archaeology, SFU
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Archaeologists have long assumed that fluted points were used by North American Paleoindians as spearthrower dart armatures despite a lack of empirical evidence of the spearthrower from the Paleoindian Period. Employing non-subjective, quantitative data derived from velocity-dependent micro-fracture features observed on damaged fluted and un-fluted Paleoindian lithic points, this research presents empirical evidence for the existence of the Paleoindian spearthrower. In addition, the research serves as proof-of-concept for a novel quantitative method of lithic analysis that has far-reaching potential to contribute significantly to our understanding of the human past. Crown Copyright (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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