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Pre-Clovis in Texas?: a critical assessment of the "Buttermilk Creek Complex"
Journal of archaeological science • 39 (12) • Published In 2012 • Pages: 3677-3682
By: Morrow, Juliet E., Fiedel, Stuart J., Johnson, Donald L. (Donald Lee), Kornfeld, Marcel, Rutledge, Moye, Wood, W. Raymond.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors assess the evidence for a pre-Clovis date for the Buttermilk Creek Complex by looking at post-depositional processes, microdebitage, and similarities to known Clovis assemblages.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Post depositional processes in archaeological sites
- Cultural participation
- Lithic industries
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Cultural stratigraphy
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Paleo-Indian
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2017
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- New World
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- New World
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 15,500-11,500 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Debra L. Friedkin site, Buttermilk Creek, Texas, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Juliet E. Morrow, Stuart J. Fiedel, Donald L. Johnson, Marcel Kornfeld, Moye Rutledge, W. Raymond Wood
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 3681-3682)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74647523
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Paleo-Indians