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Lithic Flow Charts

 

KEY:

(1)     Human modification (yes = tools, no = debitage).
(2a)   Bifacial flaking (yes = bifaces, no = nonbifaces).
(2b)   On flake (yes = flake debitage, no = nonflake debitage).
(3a)   Contains haft element (yes = hafted biface, no = unhafted biface).
(3b)   On flake (yes = flake tool, no = core tool).
(3c)   Contains cortex (yes = flakes with cortex, no = flakes with no cortex).
(3d)   Blocky or chunky shatter.
(4a)   Hafted biface types.
(4b)   Unhafted biface types.
(4c)   Flake tool types.
(4d)   Core types.
(4e)   Flakes* and flake shatter**.
(4f)    Flakes and flake shatter. 

*flakes-recognizable bulb of force, and dorsal and ventral surfaces **flake shatter-recognizable dorsal and ventral surfaces

 

 

 

 

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