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Ground Slates: East and West

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

William A. Ritchie
William A. Ritchie*
Affiliation:
New York State Museum and Science Service, Albany, New York
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Abstract

Six major hypotheses have been advanced to account for ground slate industries containing knives, lance heads, and projectile points, found on opposite sides of the North American continent. Certain of these hypotheses assume genetic connections; others postulate separate sources and developments for such artifacts in the Northeast and North Pacific areas.

A recent study of the cultures involved, chiefly Borden's (1962) Vancouver data, has indicated that: (1) ground slate artifacts made their initial appearance in both areas at about the same time; (2) the respective typologies are quite dissimilar; and (3) possible bone and/or chipped stone prototypes for certain of the specific ground slate forms exist in each area.

These data suggest independent origins and developmental histories.

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Research Article
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American Antiquity , Volume 34 , Issue 4 , October 1969 , pp. 385 - 391
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1969

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