An Examination of Terminal Archaic Bone and Antler Implements from the Firehouse Site,Dearborn County,Indiana |
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Authors: | Christopher R Moore |
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Institution: | Department of Anthropology, University of Indianapolis, USA |
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Abstract: | The Firehouse site (12D563) is a Terminal Archaic Riverton culture site located on a bluff overlooking the confluence of the Ohio and Great Miami Rivers in Dearborn County, Indiana. Excavations at the site in 2003 and 2004 yielded a highly diverse assemblage of around 300 bone and antler implements. Such large assemblages of organic tools are rare outside of wet sites, rockshelters, and shell middens and provide a unique opportunity for the study of tool forms not typically recovered in the Midwest. A typological analysis of the Firehouse assemblage indicates some similarities between these tools and Riverton culture bone and antler implements from the type sites in Illinois. Additionally, a microscopic analysis of manufacturing microtraces indicates that most tools were made using a lithic shaving (rather than an abrasion) technique. |
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Keywords: | Riverton Culture Terminal Late Archaic Bone Tools Antler Tools Microtrace Analysis Indiana |
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