essay

Description of the artifacts

sloan: a paleoindian dalton cemetery in arkansasWashington • Published In 1997 • Pages: 14-52

By: Morse, Dan F..

Abstract
Morse describes the various artifacts found at the Sloan site, the various types of cherts and the locations of the chert sources used to make the stone tools. The archaeologists found stone tools, points, one ironstone object, some ochre stains, but no debitage. Photographs of the artifacts are provided along with measurement tables. The intrusive artifacts dating to the Holocene are also briefly described but were not indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) categories.
Subjects
Lithic industries
Weapons
General tools
Mineral resources
Archaeological inventories
tradition
Late Paleo-Indian
HRAF PubDate
2010
Region
North America
Sub Region
General North America
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Archaeologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Sarah Berry; 2009
Field Date
15-22 March 1974
Coverage Date
10,500 BP (8500 BC)
Coverage Place
Sloan site, 3GE94, Arkansas, United States
Notes
Dan F. Morse
For bibliographical references see document 53:Morse
LCCN
96054013
LCSH
Paleo-Indians--Arkansas--Greene County
Indians of North America--Funeral customs and rites--Arkansas--Greene County
Indians of North America--Implements--Arkansas--Greene County
Indians of North America--Arkansas--Greene County--Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)--Arkansas--Greene County
Projectile points--Arkansas--Greene County
Sloan Site (Ark.) Stone implements--Arkansas--Greene County
Greene County (Ark.)--Antiquities