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A Distinction between Blades and Microblades in the American Arctic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

William E. Taylor Jr.
William E. Taylor Jr.*
Affiliation:
National Museum of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
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Abstract

Width frequencies plotted for 293 microblades and blades from the pre-Dorset Arnapik site on Mansel Island, Northwest Territories, produce a bimodal curve which suggests a maximum width of 11 mm. as a criterion for distinguishing microblades from blades.

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Facts and Comments
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , January 1962 , pp. 425 - 426
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1962

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