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Parts and Wholes: Reduction Allometry and Modularity in Experimental Folsom Points

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Michael J. Shott Open the ORCID record for Michael J. Shott [Opens in a new window]  and
Erik Otárola-Castillo Open the ORCID record for Erik Otárola-Castillo [Opens in a new window]
Michael J. Shott*
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Department of Anthropology, University of Akron, 3 Buchtel Plaza, Akron, OH44325-1910, USA
Erik Otárola-Castillo
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Department of Anthropology, Purdue University, 700 West State Street, Suite 219, West Lafayette, IN47907-2059, USA ([email protected])
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Abstract

Projectile points are a common subject of archaeological study. In the past decade, landmark-based geometric morphometrics (LGM) has increasingly been used to analyze points as whole objects. LGM and other studies document allometric changes in points—change in shape with change in size—as a product of resharpening. Allometry registers in part because different segments or modules of points are subject to different degrees of resharpening, with blades often experiencing more reduction than stems. Different modules retain varying degrees of morphological integrity as points move through their use lives. Most previous LGM studies involved two-dimensional point models, and few tested directly for modularity. We apply LGM methods to three-dimensional models of Folsom point replicas whose degree and pattern of reduction are known, finding evidence for both allometry and modularity, with modest integration. Complementary non-LGM data reveal similar results, indicating a robust pattern and ways to approximate LGM results in other data. Moreover, our dataset's experimental control clearly identifies the results as a function of the progressive reduction in use experienced by points.

Cabezales líticos son sujetos populares en análises arqueológicos. Recientemente, la geometría morfométrica basada en hitos (LGM en inglés) se ve aumentanda en el análisis de cabezales como objetos enteros. La LGM y otros estudios documentan cambios alométricos —cambio de forma con cambio en tamaño— entre los cabezales como producto de la reactivación. En parte, se registre la alometría porque segmentos distintos, es decir módulos, de los cabezales se sujetan a grados diferentes de la reactivación, los limbos a menudo soportando mas reducción que las pedúnculas. Módulos distintos conservan grados diferentes de la integridad morfológica como pasan los cabezales a lo largo de sus vidas útiles. La mayoría de estudios anteriores de la LGM involucran modelos 2-dimensionales de los cabezales, y pocos investigaron directamente la modularidad. Aplicamos métodos de la LGM a modelos 3-dimensionales de réplicas cabezales del tipo Folsom, entre quienes se conocen grado y patrón de la reactivación. Encontramos prueba de ambas de la alometría y la modularidad, con integración intermedia. Medidas complementarias no-LGM revelan resultados semejantes, indicando un patrón bien fuerte, y tambien maneras a aproximar los datos y resultados de la LGM en otros fuentes o tipos de datos. Más bien, los controles experimentales que residen en nuestros datos identifiquen claramente los resultados como función de la reducción en uso secuencial a que los cabezales se sujetaron.

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Folsom pointsallometrymodularitygeometric morphometricsreductionpuntas de tipa Folsomalometríamodularidadmorfométrica geométricareactivación
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American Antiquity , Volume 87 , Issue 1 , January 2022 , pp. 80 - 99
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Society for American Archaeology

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