Clovis bone versus stone weapon tip penetration: Thinking about relative costs and benefits, experimental assumptions, and archaeological unknowns at Sheriden Cave, Ohio, U.S.A

Conrad, Grace; Hough, Savannah; Baldino, Jacob; Gala, Nicholas; Buchanan, Briggs; Walker, Robert S.; Key, Alastair; Redmond, Brian G.; Bebber, Michelle R.; Eren, Metin I.

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104295

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104295

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Clovis bone versus stone weapon tip penetration: Thinking about relative costs and benefits, experimental assumptions, and archaeological unknowns at Sheriden Cave, Ohio, U.S.A

Grace Conrad,

Savannah Hough,

Jacob Baldino

et al.

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Experimental bison butchery using replica hafted Clovis fluted points and large handheld flakes

Eren,

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Experimental bison butchery using replica hafted Clovis fluted points and large handheld flakes

Eren,

Bebber,

Mukusha

et al. 2024

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Assessing the Role of Early “Large Cutting Tools” in Flake Production: an Experimental Comparison of Early Acheulean Handaxe and Oldowan Core Manufacture

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Controlled comparative tensile tests of backed versus non‐backed edges’ adhesion: Inferences into stone tool functional properties

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Buchanan,

Fisch

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Backing is a procedure for retouching a stone tool edge to an angle of or near 90°. Archaeologists have recorded backed lithic specimens in the Pleistocene and Holocene around the world. One prominent hypothesis for the occurrence of backing is that it increases a stone tool's adhesion relative to what it would have otherwise been with unmodified, sharp edges. We conducted a highly controlled semi‐static tensile test in which we assessed lithic specimens that possessed both a backed and a non‐backed edge, opposing each other. We hafted each specimen's backed and non‐backed edges to wood, and the bi‐hafted stone implement was then pulled apart using an Universal Instron Materials Tester, allowing for a direct ‘head‐to‐head’ comparison of the two edge types’ adhesive properties. Our tensile test results suggested no significant difference between backed and non‐backed edges in terms of adhesion, which does not support the hypothesis that backing increases a lithic specimen's adhesion.

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Clovis bone versus stone weapon tip penetration: Thinking about relative costs and benefits, experimental assumptions, and archaeological unknowns at Sheriden Cave, Ohio, U.S.A

Cited by 3 publications

References 88 publications

Experimental bison butchery using replica hafted Clovis fluted points and large handheld flakes

Experimental bison butchery using replica hafted Clovis fluted points and large handheld flakes

Assessing the Role of Early “Large Cutting Tools” in Flake Production: an Experimental Comparison of Early Acheulean Handaxe and Oldowan Core Manufacture

Controlled comparative tensile tests of backed versus non‐backed edges’ adhesion: Inferences into stone tool functional properties

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