dc.contributor.author | Ayala, S | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-22T10:03:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-03-06 | |
dc.date.updated | 2023-03-21T16:45:07Z | |
dc.description.abstract | To better understand ancient hunter gatherer people this research magnifies the
archaeological visibility of ancient stone chipping strategies and techniques within a
behaviorally based model of analysis.
Methodological studies in this research combine and leverage a study of the
complex Andice dart point technology of the Southern Plains of North America (Early Middle Holocene) with an experimental study into five other North American complex
dart point technologies (of the Holocene and Upper Paleolithic). The above 2 studies
and related research literature furnish the required behavioral data and concepts to
construct a comprehensive system of analyses. This system or architecture of thought
and method constitute an applicable model capable of delving deeper into the primary
behavioral modes and tasks within complex dart point industries.
This constructed model of analysis is applied towards three unrelated and
independent case studies: two dart point cache assemblages of the Early-Middle
Holocene of the Southern Plains of North America, and one mixed assemblage from
deeply buried deposits that predate the Clovis Paleoindian interval (Upper Paleolithic of
North America) from the Gault site, Texas (41BL323). The two caches encapsulate
separate, single manufacturing events at different periods of the early-middle Holocene,
affording unique behavioral analysis of the ancient individual knappers behind these
unique caches. The Upper Paleolithic mixed assemblage from the Gault site is analyzed
for its complexity, size, composition of different chipped stone strategies and
techniques, and its unique value toward current archaeological questions regarding the
earliest human occupations in the Americas and what chipped stone behavioral patterns
they exercised.
This model and the surrounding research in this thesis demonstrate the potential
in high resolution behavioral interpretations of prehistoric dart point assemblages
through experimentally supported chipped stone analyses. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/132739 | |
dc.publisher | University of Exeter | en_GB |
dc.rights.embargoreason | In the event that any subtle mistake is found, it can be corrected. | en_GB |
dc.subject | Lithic Analysis | en_GB |
dc.subject | Lithic Technology | en_GB |
dc.subject | Ancient Technological Behaviors | en_GB |
dc.subject | Chain Operatoire | en_GB |
dc.subject | Ancient Dart Point Technology | en_GB |
dc.subject | Hunter Gatherer Behavior | en_GB |
dc.subject | Chipped Stone Behaviors | en_GB |
dc.title | An Experimentally Supported Model of Flaked Stone Analysis for Prehistoric Dart Point Technologies | en_GB |
dc.type | Thesis or dissertation | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2023-03-22T10:03:45Z | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Hurcombe, Linda | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Bradley, Bruce | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Pryor, Alex | |
dc.publisher.department | Archaeology | |
dc.rights.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | en_GB |
dc.type.degreetitle | PhD of Philosophy in Archaeology | |
dc.type.qualificationlevel | Doctoral | |
dc.type.qualificationname | Doctoral Thesis | |
rioxxterms.version | NA | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2023-03-06 | |
rioxxterms.type | Thesis | en_GB |
refterms.dateFOA | 2023-03-22T10:03:46Z | |