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The Utilization of Flakes for Cleaning Fish

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Christopher B. Donnan
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley, California
M. Edward Moseley
Affiliation:
Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts

Abstract

Loma Lasca, a coastal site near the mouth of the Santa Valley, Peru, produced an abundance of large primary flakes. Investigation of the midden suggested that these were used for the scaling and cleaning of fish.

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Facts and Comments
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1968

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