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Charlie Hatchett

CALICO REDUX: ARTIFACTS OR GEOFACTS?

On closer inspection, Calico does not appear to be a natural rock crushing geofactory. Nor is it the case that Calico is bereft of definite and repetitive artifact types. Most tool types are either unifacial (including notched specimens) or bifacial in nature, hundreds of them, and delicately notched perforators (reamers, gravers). There are dozens of artifact types and subtypes represented, and there are thousands of flakes and tool types without cortex and with multiple flake scars. After a review of the controversy, tabulated data are presented.

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Anjanette Permalink Reply by Anjanette on July 4, 2009 at 9:28pm
Ok Charlie, so what is your focus...your opinion? Do you support this or is it full of holes...Hope summer is being kind to you...happy fourth of July...I tried to break my jaw with the handyman jack this morning...fun fun fun.

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Charlie Hatchett Permalink Reply by Charlie Hatchett on July 5, 2009 at 7:24pm
Happy 4th to you too, Anjanette.

Ouch, sorry about your jaw!!

I'm in the minority camp: I think the assemblage from Calico is cultural.

Many of the specimens are pretty hard (IMO) to write off as geofacts:

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http://www.calicodig.org/wpg2?g2_itemId=70

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http://www.calicodig.org/wpg2?g2_itemId=77

http://www.calicodig.org/wpg2?g2_itemId=86

http://www.calicodig.org/wpg2?g2_itemId=155

3.

http://www.calicodig.org/wpg2?g2_itemId=26

http://www.calicodig.org/wpg2?g2_itemId=166

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http://www.calicodig.org/wpg2?g2_itemId=128

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Charlie Hatchett Permalink Reply by Charlie Hatchett on August 20, 2009 at 5:37pm

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