Recognizing artifacts

[tomf]

This simple paper by Dr Makoto Kowta is an excellent resource for anybody interested in Native American archeology. Though primarily concerned with California material, the technical info is universal.
It's a gem.

recognizing_artifacts.pdf

[kayakaddict]

Worth putting in the resource section if it isn't already. Great!

[Josie]

Worth reading for newbies like me.

[Cecilia]

Jo, if you still newbie, then I’m only noisy spirit in the sky!

[Josie]

Well, yeah, there's a lot of terminology I don't know. But I'm learning.

[Cecilia]

If I had read this article when found obsidian, I wouldn’t have needed to ask you if they were spalls; I woulda known because not even tiny smidge of light-colored, rough cortex left. (Of course, I’d just learned what “spall” meant when pmed you!)

This great article, and thank you!