On the efficacy of Clovis fluted points for hunting proboscideans
On the efficacy of Clovis fluted points for hunting proboscideans
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103166
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发表时间：
2021-08-28
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Bebber, Michelle R.
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作者：
Eren, Metin, I;Meltzer, David J.;Bebber, Michelle R.
克洛维斯的凹槽尖端被认为是狩猎大型猎物的有效武器，包括更新世长鼻动物。然而，实验和考古研究对它们作为狩猎武器的有效性提出了质疑。由于克洛维斯的尖端几何形状宽而厚，它们对尸体的穿透深度相对有限，这使得它们不太可能到达长鼻兽保护良好的重要器官并造成致命的伤口。克洛维斯点也没有显示出它们通常被用作巨型动物狩猎武器所预期的断裂模式和冲击损伤类型，特别是与野牛杀戮地点发现的福尔松点相比。我们的研究结果的问题长期假设的有效性克洛维斯点调度长鼻鱼，虽然这些可能有时被用作武器提示长鼻鱼的猎物，他们可能有其他功能。
Clovis fluted points are deemed efficient weapon tips for hunting large game, including Pleistocene proboscideans. However, experimental and archaeological studies cast doubt on their effectiveness as hunting weapons. Owing to the broad and thick tip geometry of Clovis points, their penetration depth into a carcass would have been relatively limited, which would have rendered them unlikely to reach the well-protected vital organs of a proboscidean and inflict lethal wounds. Nor do Clovis points display the types of breakage patterns and impact damage that would be expected were they routinely used as hunting weapons for megafauna, especially when compared with Folsom points found in bison kill sites. Our results question the long-assumed effectiveness of Clovis points for dispatching proboscideans; while these may have on occasion been used as weapon tips on proboscidean prey, they likely had other functions as well.