Chipped-stone tools
essay 1986 Hole, Frank

Early Mesoamerican ArchaicMiddle America and the Caribbean > General Middle America and the Caribbean
The author describes the flaked lithic assemblage from the excavations and surface collections at Guilá Naquitz Cave, with some pertinent mention of typological issues. There are tentative functional interpretations of tool types, such as for food pr...

Patterns of burial in the fifth millennium
essay 1989 Hole, Frank & Ubaid Symposium (1988 : Helsingør, Denmark)

UbaidMiddle East > Middle East
This work discusses burial practices during the 'Ubaid period and for the fifth millennium in general. Hole defines three dominant patterns of burials during the fifth millennium: 1)familial intramural interments, 2) segregation of infants for sub-fl...