A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF CLEAR FORK ARTIFACTS FROM THE RIO GRANDE PLAIN, TEXAS.

pp90-96, illustrated. Removed from AMERICAN ANTIQUITY. JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY, Volume 38, Number 1, January, 1973. Wrps. VG. May contain a first or last xeroxed page. Abstract: "A series of Clear Fork tools from the Rio Grande Plain of southern Texas have been subjected to a functional analysis. Macroscopic, microscopic, and edge angle studies were conducted. A high frequency of nibbling wear was recorded on steeply-angled working edges. Comparisons of these data with several published studies indicate that this tool form was used in the working of wood or other tough materials.".