"The type of site is known as a ' lithic scatter ', basically, an area of worked stone tools and the waste products of the knapping (making) process." ...

Stone tools found among Su-re lithic artefact scatter, some of which could be dated to more than 5,000 years in the past. Credit: Mark Aldenderfer, Author provided ...

Site 44KW71 is a prehistoric lithic scatter occupied during the Late Archaic and Middle Woodland periods. Site 44KW73 is a multicomponent site with occupations dating from the Late Archaic, Middle ...

Using geochemical analysis the authors attempt to determine the most likely source ofdebitage recovered at a nearby lithic scatter. The resulting conclusion is examined from a geographic standpoint, ...

Ganj Par lithic scatter is located at altitudes between 225-235m and may have been reworked from deposits of older terraces. During three visits to the site in 2002-2003 more than 100 artifacts were ...

It contains rock carvings, red and black pictographs, and what archeologists describe as “lithic scatter,” typically stone tools and debris. Kahn demanded that planners sit down with the tribe for ...

The crescent from CA-SMI-681 comes from an upland lithic scatter, a context that supports a utilitarian function associated with the manufacturing, use, and maintenance of points and related hunting ...

AMMAN — Archaeological teams studied the area near Tafila and many Paleolithic localities were examined by members of different scholars. One of the areas was near Jurf ed-Darawish and the Wadi ...

Of those five, the agency said just one site was identified as having "lithic scatter," or artifacts present.

Sacred sites of the desert’s Native people abound here and include multiple trails that link vital water sources, village sites, petroglyph panels, and lithic scatter around ancient lakebeds.