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A Functional Analysis of “Clear Fork” Artifacts From the Rio Grande Plain, Texas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Thomas Roy Hester ,
Delbert Gilbow  and
Alan D. Albee
Thomas Roy Hester
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
Delbert Gilbow
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
Alan D. Albee
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
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Abstract

A series of "Clear Fork" tools from the Rio Grande Plain of southern Texas have been subjected to a functional analysis. Macroscopic, microscopic, and edge angle studies were conducted. A high frequency of nibbling wear was recorded on steeply-angled working edges. Comparisons of these data with several published studies indicate that this tool form was used in the working of wood or other tough materials.

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American Antiquity , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , January 1973 , pp. 90 - 96
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1973

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