Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of the High Plains and Rockies

Kornfeld, Marcel; Frison, George C.; Larson, Mary Lou

doi:10.4324/9781315422091

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“…Seven sites yielded McKean Lanceolate, Duncan, and Hanna projectile points diagnostic of the Middle Plains Archaic or McKean complex (Kornfeld et al 2010;Kornfeld and Todd 1985). The McKean complex on the Northwestern Plains dates from approximately 5000 to 2500 years B.P.…”

Section: Projectile Pointsmentioning

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The Dry Muddy Creek site and the early Late Archaic period in southwest Wyoming

Smith¹

2016

Plains Anthropologist

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Section: Projectile Pointsmentioning

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The Dry Muddy Creek site and the early Late Archaic period in southwest Wyoming

Smith¹

2016

Plains Anthropologist

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“…Aerial weapons include darts and atlatls and allow for delivery from a distance. Bows and arrows also fall into this category, but were not introduced on the Plains until the Late Prehistoric period (Kornfeld et al 2010;Nassaney and Pyle 1999). Thrusting spears require hunters to be in close proximity to the prey.…”

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Can't we all just get along? Weaponry standardization and sharing at the Agate Basin site

Guarino

2017

Plains Anthropologist

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This study explores weaponry design as it relates to the organization of technology at the Agate Basin site. Specifically, I examine potential sharing of weaponry elements during communal hunts, and the implications of such sharing as they pertain to overall technological organization of Agate Basin hunting groups. By looking at sharing, this study represents a departure from typological lithic analyses and explores a behavioral aspect of Paleoindian technological organization. K--means cluster analysis is utilized to determine whether hafted--area morphologies on Agate Basin points are standardized and consistent with expectations we might have if sharing of weaponry elements was planned for in preparation for a communal hunt.It is argued that standardization and sharing of weapons was a reliable organizational technique potentially employed by Paleoindian hunters during seasonal aggregations that served to secure critical resources during a time when failure during a hunt would prove catastrophic.iv Acknowledgements

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“…The Cody complex and its associated Eden projectile point technology are present in late Paleoindian assemblages throughout much of North America, though research has primarily focused on the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains which are considered to be the Cody "heartland" (Knell and Muñiz 2013b;Kornfeld et al 2010). The American Southwest is outside this heartland, and a considerable research gap exists in our understanding of the source provenance of diagnostic Eden points and Cody artifacts in this region.…”

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