essay
The Flaked stone assemblage from SBA-46
Archaeological investigations at Helo' on Mescalitan Island, prepared by Lynn H. Gamble • Santa Barbara, Calif. • Published In 1990 • Pages: 10-1 to 10-115
By: Bamforth, Douglas B..
Abstract
Bamforth examines the flakes stone tool and debitage assemblage from SBA-46. Bamforth emphasizes the kinds of raw materials used, the kinds of tools produced on the site, and he looks at how they were produced, such as bipolar reduction. Microwear analysis was also conducted to determine how individual stone tools were used (to work dry hide, drill shell beads, etc.). More than one half of this chapter is tables of the statistical analyses. Bamforth concludes that the occupants of HELO' were conservative in that they maintained their traditional reliance on stone tools through the protohistoric period.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry ; 1999
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 3500 BP-1700 BP (Middle Period) and 229 BP-196 BP (1771 A.D. to 1804 A.D.)
- Coverage Place
- HELO' (CA-SBA-46), Calif., United States
- Notes
- by Douglas B. Bamforth
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 10-41 to 10-44)
- LCSH
- California--Antiquities