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Social Science Archaeology

Upon the Point

A Preliminary Investigation of Ethnicity as a Source of Metric Variation in Lithic Projectile Points

by (author) Sheila Greaves

Publisher
Canadian Museum of History
Initial publish date
Jan 1982
Category
Archaeology
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781772821031
    Publish Date
    Jan 1982
    List Price
    $7.99

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Multivariate statistical techniques are applied to the data for 24 discrete variables on projectile points from sites identified as Blackfoot, Crow, Shoshoni or Kutenai. It is concluded that ethnic affiliation has produced quantifiable variability that can be used to discriminate between assemblages.

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