Maritime archaic spearpoints : a new examination of their context and chronology

This research focuses on the morphology, chronology and provenience of nipple-based spearpoints found in Newfoundland and Labrador and their relationship to larger-scale cultural processes during the Archaic period of that Province. Nipple-based points are primarily thought to date between 7500-6000...

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Main Author: Garbellano, John Michael
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Scholars Archive 2018
Subjects:
Archaic
Lithic Analysis
Maritime Archaic
Material culture
Northeast
Technology
Projectile points
Spears
Stone implements
Indians of North America
History of Art
Architecture
and Archaeology
Newfoundland
Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/legacy-etd/2059
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/context/legacy-etd/article/3058/viewcontent/Garbellano_APYo49eY5dEbr4RFJBEWeC.pdf
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Summary:This research focuses on the morphology, chronology and provenience of nipple-based spearpoints found in Newfoundland and Labrador and their relationship to larger-scale cultural processes during the Archaic period of that Province. Nipple-based points are primarily thought to date between 7500-6000 B.P. and are associated with the early Maritime Archaic tradition, the earliest inhabitants of Newfoundland and Labrador. A recent find of a nipple-based point at the Stock Cove site (CkA1-3) in eastern Newfoundland could mean that part of the island was colonized earlier than previously thought. Lithic analysis of the Stock Cove artifact will be discussed, and the results will be put into the larger cultural context of the Maritime Archaic lithic technology and what it suggests about the broader colonization process of Newfoundland.

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