U. of Mich. Mus./Anthropology
Titles appearing in Reference — Research Book News — December 2011
Crowfield (afHj-31); a unique Paleoindian fluted point site from southwestern Ontario.
Deller, D. Brian and Christopher J. Ellis. (Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan; no.49)
U. of Mich. Mus./Anthropology, ©2011 209 p. $33.00 E78
978-0-915703-76-0
Deller and Ellis (anthropology, U. of Western Ontario) describe and analyze in detail the Paleoindian artifacts and information recovered from Crowfield. The site is best known for a single feature containing over 180 purposely burned and heat-fractured stone artifacts, something not reported from any other Early Paleoindian site. Focusing on that feature, they look at tools blanks and unifaces; bifaces and tools on granitic rocks; size, shape, and internal spatial distributions; meaning and significance; and explaining the contents. Other topics include spatial distributions and artifact refit patterns of the site as a whole, and other Paleoindian evidence. There is no index. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
