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Triangular end scrapers with corner spurs (sometimes only acute angles where the working edge meets the sides) are Paleo fingerprint identifiers -- so often found on those made by fluted point people as to be typical of them (when this feature hasn't been effaced by the heavy use these were subjected to), and rare to absent on later ones.
They are situational artifacts -- Carl Yahnig found only a handful of them on all five Little River sites combined, and there were very few at Gault, but the seasonal caribou hunting sites in Ohio have yielded (literally) buckets full of them -- thousands. This would indicate they were made for processing hides, yet at least one use wear study concluded that most of those studied had been used as woodworking tools from the edge wear they showed. So go figure. As with other aspects of these peoples/ lives, at the end of the day, there are more questions than answers.
Those shown are from Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.
They are situational artifacts -- Carl Yahnig found only a handful of them on all five Little River sites combined, and there were very few at Gault, but the seasonal caribou hunting sites in Ohio have yielded (literally) buckets full of them -- thousands. This would indicate they were made for processing hides, yet at least one use wear study concluded that most of those studied had been used as woodworking tools from the edge wear they showed. So go figure. As with other aspects of these peoples/ lives, at the end of the day, there are more questions than answers.
Those shown are from Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.
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