Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1037507 | Journal of Archaeological Science | 2006 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Prehistoric reduction sequences of proboscidean ivory have been described and discussed within the Russian and European Upper Paleolithic archaeological literature. A culturally modified proboscidean tusk (Mammuthus sp.) in Seward Peninsula, northwestern Alaska, displays longitudinal grooving, providing an insight into a reduction technique rarely described within North American archaeological literature. Similar reduction sequences have been described for the production of bone, antler and walrus ivory artifacts in the North American prehistoric record; however, examples on proboscidean ivory are extremely rare.
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Authors
Carol Gelvin-Reymiller, Joshua D. Reuther, Ben A. Potter, Peter M. Bowers,