Description
Book SynopsisThis book offers the first comprehensive study of a little-known aspect of Clovis culture—stone blade technology.
Trade ReviewIn this book, Michael Collins . . . demonstrates why he is considered one of the leading researchers in the field of lithic analysis. The work offers a masterful review and synthesis of Clovis blade technology with lucid prose and lavish illustrations. . . . I recommend this book for all professional and avocational archaeologists interested in Paleoindian occupations of the New World. * Illinois Archaeology *
This book makes an important contribution to a newly revived debate on the significance of the Clovis phenomenon and the timing and migration routes of the peopling of the New World more generally. * SAS Bulletin *
Table of Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Preface
- Part One: Blade Technology and Its Place in North American Prehistory
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Blades and Blade Technology
- 3. A Review of Clovis Lithic Technology
- Part Two: The Keven Davis Site, a Clovis Blade Cache
- 4. The Keven Davis Cache Site and Its Setting
- 5. Field and Laboratory Investigations
- 6. The Collection
- 7. Microscopic Attributes of the Keven Davis Blades, by Marvin Kay
- Part Three: Comparisons and Considerations of Caching Behavior
- 8. Comparisons
- 9. Caching Behavior
- 10. Clovis Lithic Technology and Caching Behavior: Clues to Subsistence Strategies and Behavior
- Postscript
- Glossary
- References Cited
- Index
