In contrast, Clear Fork tools occur far to the north across the Edwards Plateau and into the Three are unique to the region and the distribution of the Guadalupe tool extends only just beyond the Include the following named types: Clear Fork, Guadalupe, Nueces, Dimmit, and Olmos. South Texas Plains except for projectile points and simple unmodified flake tools. As a group, they are probably the most common tool class found in the These differences have interesting functional implications that areĪnd there are lots of them. Hafted, that is they were affixed to wooden handles, but probably in several different ways, and others But they all have steeply beveled working ends and almost all of them areĬhunky (relatively thick) compared to projectile points and knives. Sometimes said to be “trifacial,” meaning that it almost has three flaked surfaces forming a And then there is the rather peculiar Guadalupe tool, which is Most were bifacially made, but some, especially earlyįorms were unifacial and made on large flakes in such a way that they have a flat (ventral) face and a That form an angle ranging from 45-85 degrees. Whether they have rounded or pointed proximal ends, andĬonvex, straight, or concave working edges, they all are characterized by distally beveled working edges Its forests of towering trees? We’ll come back to this very good question after describing these toolsĪdzes and gouges are relatively chunky stone tools that have a beveled (steep-angled) working end (bit)Īs a common element and most of them are wider at the working (distal) end than the opposite (proximal)Įnd, which is always rounded or blunt pointed. Why, you might wonder, were woodworking tools so common in a region that is not known for Most common and consistent kind of use wear evidence documented by several careful microscopic studies of But let’s stick with the main function-woodworking-because that is the In the South Texas Plains, necessity was the mother ofĪdaptive tool use, we might say. Stone tool forms used in the region (see Recycling). This tool class is yet another example of the Swiss-army-knife-like versatility of many of the We prefer to call them “adzes” and “gouges,”Īs both are functional terms that echo how we believe these tools were used.įirst and foremost they were woodworking tools, although some of them were used on scraping and shaping bone, hides, and Prehistoric era, from before 10,000 years ago onward. Geographically widespread, but various forms of these artifacts were used throughout most of the Of making woodworking tools in the South Texas Plains and they are found almost everywhere in the region. Tools, or just plain tools, but these distinctive chipped-stone artifacts represent a long-lived tradition The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.We archeologists cannot seem to agree on whether to call them adzes, gouges, distally beveled If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. at It was reviewed on 8 March 2021 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-zero. This image was originally posted to Flickr by Gary Lee Todd, Ph.D. CC0 Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedication false false You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |