Allen P. McCartney (1940-2004)

Veltre, Douglas W.; Savelle, James M.

doi:10.14430/arctic520

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“…That curvature may have returned after deposition. Similar prehistoric and modern examples of weapon parts made of bone, antler, or ivory that have retaken their natural curvature have been documented in archaeological and ethnographic collections from the Arctic (see McCartney 1984:Figure 5l, Figure 6A, Figure11k–m, o–q; Murdoch 1892:Figure 227, Figure 230; Nelson 1899:Plate LIV3, Plate LIV5, Plate LIX8, Plate LIX10-11). To be used as a foreshaft, the bone would have needed to be at least partially unbent (a slight curvature may not impede its use as a weapon).…”

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confidence: 54%

A Folsom Foreshaft from the Blackwater Draw Site

Sellet,

Garnett

2024

Am. Antiq.

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This article describes a bison rib bone foreshaft from the Blackwater Draw site, New Mexico. The object was recovered by James Hester in 1963, during the excavation of locality 4, and it was subsequently cataloged as a modified bone tool but not recognized as a hafting element. It is currently held in the Blackwater Draw Museum collections. This analysis provides a detailed description of the artifact's features and establishes its provenience from a Folsom context. A survey of known Paleoindigenous hafting implements and a discussion of theoretical Folsom foreshaft designs serve to reinforce the classification of the tool as a component of the Folsom weapon delivery system. The tool was likely broken during use and later recycled as a pressure flaker or as a polishing instrument. With the help of 3D imagery, a reconstructed model was printed and fitted with large and small Folsom points to test ideas borrowed from the theoretical literature on Folsom foreshaft design.

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A Folsom Foreshaft from the Blackwater Draw Site

Sellet,

Garnett

2024

Am. Antiq.

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“…The roof was supported by a cluster of central posts, some set into holes, others placed atop stones and/or a whale vertebra. Use of stone supports for house posts, presumably to prevent decay from contact with the damp Aleutian soil, has been documented in protohistoric houses in the Aleutians (Veltre and McCartney 2001). At Amaknak Bridge, despite the abundance of rock at the site, the preferred material for interior house post supports seems to have been whale vertebrae, some of which had holes that were worn into or placed in their centers.…”

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The Amaknak Bridge Site: Cultural Change and the Neoglacial in the Eastern Aleutians

Knecht¹,

Davis²

2008

Arctic Anthropology

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“…The Reese Bay site (UNL-063, Fig. 2) is situated on a spit formed 3,000-5,000 years ago (McCartney et al 1988) and consists of two large multi-family longhouses from the early contact period, an older midden, and smaller houses of an indeterminate period (McCartney and Veltre, in press;Veltre and McCartney 2001). Longhouse 2 was tested in 1986 and partially excavated in the late 1980s by the Unalaska History and Archaeology Project (McCartney et al 1988(McCartney et al , 1990.…”

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Glass Trade Beads from Reese Bay, Unalaska Island: Spatial and Temporal Patterns

Bundy¹,

McCartney²,

Veltre³

2003

Arctic Anthropology

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Abstract. Unalaska History and Archaeology Project researchers excavated several thousand glass trade beads from an Aleutian longhouse at the Reese Bay site on Unalaska Island, Alaska. This paper provides a description of the beads, a discussion of their use by Russian explorers and Alaska Natives, and an analysis of the horizontal and vertical distribution of the beads within the longhouse. Comparison to other Alaskan sites revealed that the composition of the Reese Bay trade bead assemblage is consistent with occupation during the early Russian period. Several factors, both behavioral and depositional, created and affected the spatial patterning of the beads within the site: roof fall from the dismantling of the longhouse superstructure; periodic housecleaning by the residents of the longhouse; bead working techniques and location preferences; and changing status relationships within the longhouse. The spatial and temporal patterning of the glass trade beads from the Reese Bay site provides insight into the lives of the inhabitants.

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Allen P. McCartney (1940-2004)

Cited by 5 publications

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A Folsom Foreshaft from the Blackwater Draw Site

A Folsom Foreshaft from the Blackwater Draw Site

The Amaknak Bridge Site: Cultural Change and the Neoglacial in the Eastern Aleutians

Glass Trade Beads from Reese Bay, Unalaska Island: Spatial and Temporal Patterns

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