THE CAHOKIA MICROLITH INDUSTRY

Paleo-Indian, Jaketown, and Hopewell blade and core industries in the eastern United States have been widely known for two decades or more, although normally only Hopewell cores and blades are discussed in the literature. Other core and blade assemblages are now becoming known, such as the Cahokia M...

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Published in:Newsletter of lithic technology 1974-04, Vol.3 (2), p.15-19
Main Author: MORSE, DAN F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chiefdoms
Cobbles
Cutting tools
Drills
Gravers
Paleoanthropology
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Summary:Paleo-Indian, Jaketown, and Hopewell blade and core industries in the eastern United States have been widely known for two decades or more, although normally only Hopewell cores and blades are discussed in the literature. Other core and blade assemblages are now becoming known, such as the Cahokia Microlith Industry. Centered at the Cahokia site, located near St. Louis, characteristic cores, blades, and tools have been recognized In Arkansas and Florida, possibly associated with a frontier Mississippi culture. Apparent techniques of manufacture and hafting and probable uses of tools are described. Manufacture may have involved the use of a vise, a grooved potsherd. Hafting could have been accomplished by inserting a microlith into the end of a freshly cut cane. Microliths seem to have functioned mainly as gravers and drills.
ISSN:2473-1285