PaleoAmerican Archaeology in Virginia

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This book is a full-color study of over 500 pre-Clovis stone artifacts of Virginia. With the 22K-year date of the Cinmar bipoint in Virginia, there’s ample evidence of artifact classes which might be older than Clovis. Over 50 tool types are illustrated and discussed. Artifact single-web page collections are documented. The book argues the differences between Holocene biface technology with the blade and core technology of the Pleistocene era. The requirements for identifying Pleistocene artifacts is presented, such as platforms, remaining cortex, and invasive retouch. They’re presented in a tool model. Major stones, namely jasper, are discussed as a lithic determinism. The east coast distribution is presented for quite a lot of tool types. Additionally, as an enormous center of attention, cross-Atlantic flake/blade similar tools from Europe are illustrated with Middle Atlantic artifacts. Artifact ergonomics, such as right-left handed tools, hypothetical tool center, are argued. Structural and functional axis are shown and described on tips on how to identify them on tools. Overall, this book presents an initiating view of the archaeology needed to study Pleistocene era artifacts at the American east coast.

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