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Mountains and Valleys and Bifaces: The Impact of Landscape on Projectile Point Retouch

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Wandler, Cole Barron Role :Text(marcrelator)
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Kelly, Dr. Robert L. Role :Text(marcrelator)
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Laramie, Wyoming
University of Wyoming (keyDate="yes")
2009-05-18

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eng

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Previous measurements of resharpening on hafted bifaces were subjective. The possibility of inter-observer error was great and reliable comparisons of results were difficult. As a result of this, data on retouch have often been useless for broader and more pertinent archaeological questions. William Andrefsky developed a reliable and objective method for measuring retouch that is proven in both an archaeological and experimental context. I hypothesized that disparities in the availability of material caused by the landscape create a difference in the use life of projectile points and therefore a difference in retouch. This paper uses Dr. Andrefsky’s method to record retouch on typologically separated projectile points from Nevada. The landscape was divided into “valley” and “upland”. Results show that projectile points found in valleys are slightly more resharpened than those found in upland terrains. This indicates that the more abundant sources of material in the upland regions and the lack of material in valley regions changed the use life of projectile points and ultimately altered the way prehistoric peoples used hafted bifaces and conserved material. note
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retouching hafted bifaces

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valley projectile points

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upland projectile points

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Undergrauate Research Day 2009

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