Chipped Stone Artifacts from the Pond Sediments in Area
Chipped Stone Artifacts from the Pond Sediments in Area Fig. 23. Chipped stone artifacts from the pond sediments in Area 3. 1: Drill; 2; sickle blade; 3: Type 1 flake; 4: crested blade flake; 5: snapped blade; 6: Type 2 flake (drawn and inked by C. D’Annibale). Testing of the pond area revealed similar intact chipped stone discard/reduction patterns. A total of 132 chipped stone artifacts were recovered from the in situ strata corresponding to the pond sediments. Compared with the abundance of chipped stone found in colluvial fans and gullies covering the site, this is a relatively small sample. These offer a glimpse, however, of what may be the only undisturbed and best represented assemblage on site ( fig. 23 ). Material disposed into the pond, intentionally or not, would remain buried within the sediments with little movement. As the pond dried up, the deposit was effectively sealed. The best evidence for an actual lithic reduction locus is found in N500E485 ...