DALTON SIDE-SCRAPERS
OLIVE BRANCH SITE
ALEXANDER COUNTY, ILLINOIS
EARLY ARCHAIC
PRIVATE COLLECTION
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    Side-scrapers have been found on Stone Age sites around the world. Four different forms of side-scrapers have been described from the Olive Branch site. The most common form are side-scrapers with only one scraping edge. Another form has one scraping edge with only slight use wear on the opposite edge. A third form are side-scrappers that have two working edges that converge to a point. The fourth type found on the Olive Branch site are side-scrapers that have two working edges that are parallel to each other.

10 Dalton side-scrapers from the Olive Branch site.16 Dalton side-scrapers from the Olive Branch site.

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