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IDENTIFYING DART AND ARROW POINTS IN THE GREAT BASIN: COMMENT ON SMITH ET AL.'s "POINTS IN TIME: DIRECT RADIOCARBON DATES ON GREAT BASIN PROJECTILE POINTS".
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American Antiquity . Jul2014, Vol. 79 Issue 3, p561-565. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Smith et al. (2013) provided important new information concerning the ages of a variety of projectile point types found in the Great Basin. Two of their interpretations, however, deserve further discussion. Smith et al. (2013) concluded that the Nicholarsen (or Nicolarsen) Cache contains both dart and arrow points. However, our application of methods developed by Hildebrandt and King (2012) to distinguish dart and arrow points, indicates that the Nicholarsen Cache contains arrow points exclusively. In addition, we suggest that the two ca. 6,800-year-old "Elko-Eared" points identified by Smith et al. (2013) are Large Side-notched points. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PROJECTILE points
*RADIOCARBON dating
*ARROWHEADS
*SCHOLARLY method
*ARCHAEOLOGY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00027316
- Volume :
- 79
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- American Antiquity
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 97384361
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.7183/0002-7316.79.3.561