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Abstract
New World archaeologists have amply demonstrated that fluted point technology is specific to Terminal Pleistocene American cultures. Base-fluted, and rarer tip-fluted, projectile points from the Americas have been well-documented by archaeologists for nearly a century. Fluting is an iconic stone tool manufacturing method and a specific action that involves the extraction of a channel flake along the longitudinal axis of a bifacial piece. Here we report and synthesize information from Neolithic sites in southern Arabia, demonstrating the presence of fluting on a variety of stone tool types including projectile points. Fluted projectile points are known from both surface sites and stratified contexts in southern Arabia. Fluting technology has been clearly identified at the Manayzah site (Yemen) dating to 8000–7700 cal. BP. Examination of fluted points and channel flakes from southern Arabia enable a reconstruction of stone tool manufacturing techniques and reduction sequences (chaines opératoires). To illustrate the technological similarities and contrasts of fluting methods in Arabia and the Americas, comparative studies and experiments were conducted. Similarities in manufacturing approaches were observed on the fluting scars of bifacial pieces, whereas technological differences are apparent in the nature and localization of the flute and, most probably, the functional objective of fluting in economic, social and cultural contexts. Arabian and American fluted point technologies provide an excellent example of convergence of highly specialized stone tool production methods. Our description of Arabian and American fluting technology demonstrates that similar innovations and inventions were developed under different circumstances, and that highly-skilled and convergent production methods can have different anthropological implications.
originally posted by: punkinworks10
Hanslune here you go
A recent paper on holocene lithics in Arabia has shown that knapper developed fluting there some 8kya.
Abstract
New World archaeologists have amply demonstrated that fluted point technology is specific to Terminal Pleistocene American cultures. Base-fluted, and rarer tip-fluted, projectile points from the Americas have been well-documented by archaeologists for nearly a century. Fluting is an iconic stone tool manufacturing method and a specific action that involves the extraction of a channel flake along the longitudinal axis of a bifacial piece. Here we report and synthesize information from Neolithic sites in southern Arabia, demonstrating the presence of fluting on a variety of stone tool types including projectile points. Fluted projectile points are known from both surface sites and stratified contexts in southern Arabia. Fluting technology has been clearly identified at the Manayzah site (Yemen) dating to 8000–7700 cal. BP. Examination of fluted points and channel flakes from southern Arabia enable a reconstruction of stone tool manufacturing techniques and reduction sequences (chaines opératoires). To illustrate the technological similarities and contrasts of fluting methods in Arabia and the Americas, comparative studies and experiments were conducted. Similarities in manufacturing approaches were observed on the fluting scars of bifacial pieces, whereas technological differences are apparent in the nature and localization of the flute and, most probably, the functional objective of fluting in economic, social and cultural contexts. Arabian and American fluted point technologies provide an excellent example of convergence of highly specialized stone tool production methods. Our description of Arabian and American fluting technology demonstrates that similar innovations and inventions were developed under different circumstances, and that highly-skilled and convergent production methods can have different anthropological implications.
I have mixed feelings about this work, could it be evidence of the certain back migrations that happened in reponse to dramatic shists in climate?
If it were we should have more evience in along the way.
There are some fundemental flaws in this paper though as they do not acknowledge the slightly differing techniques used to make the South an North American fluted points, the El Jobo/Taima tiama derived points are a thick bodied lenticular cross section, and technically not overshot flaked, while Clovis drived points are flat thin bodied implements.
I would have people take note of the fact that El jobo/taima tiama derived points migrated north from Venezuala, to texas at 16kya and into Alaska by 10kya. The botlle gourd is also native to Venezuala and show up in east asia(phllipines) by 8kya.
originally posted by: MichiganSwampBuck
Does this seem to support parallel development or diffusion theories?
I could see it happening either way, some how it showed up.
originally posted by: Hanslune
originally posted by: MichiganSwampBuck
Does this seem to support parallel development or diffusion theories?
I could see it happening either way, some how it showed up.
It strongly supports parallel deveopment, diffusion is certainly possible but it would have been a type of Hyper-diffiusion, as is usual with such questions the lack of evidence for diffusion points to parallel development - until something shows up to support HD.
It is possible that someone in Asia created that style of ST then walked to NA - or the reverse, during one or many generations.
The LDS might find it an amusing thought.
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