tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086026991280831425.post9114470366317319801..comments2024-03-18T11:38:13.384-02:30Comments on Elfshot: Tci-tho - an Athapaskan bifacial scraperTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11473674521424237610noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086026991280831425.post-36322140308477490782012-04-27T12:32:15.621-02:302012-04-27T12:32:15.621-02:30Yes, the term "tci-tho" was catalogued f...Yes, the term "tci-tho" was catalogued for a Labrador site by a Smithsonian archaeologist. Makes sense now that I know what the term means.LoriWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04450142685082437734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086026991280831425.post-82941038724735359862012-04-27T12:21:32.630-02:302012-04-27T12:21:32.630-02:30Interesting - thanks for the references. Yeah, wi...Interesting - thanks for the references. Yeah, without a lot of usewear, they'd be pretty tough to distinguish them from an ulu preform. Off the top of my head, I can't recall anything similar in these parts. I can't think of any chipped slate tools that were used without some sort of grinding or polishing to finish them. Lori tells me that she's seen the term tci-tho in the artifact database for the Province, but I'm not sure where they were identified or by who. Labrador maybe?Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473674521424237610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086026991280831425.post-50423972901128290462012-04-27T12:03:01.932-02:302012-04-27T12:03:01.932-02:30On Kodiak we have 2 similar tools - split cobble s...On Kodiak we have 2 similar tools - split cobble scrapers and ulu shaped scrapers. I believe the Athapaskans also call split cobble scrapers tci thos. You should email Don Clark about this one having worked with both the athapaskans and on Kodiak. Anyway, the split cobble scrapers are simply huge round spalls of usually greywacke and the edge is utilized and the wear is as you describe. Split cobble scrapers also exhibit other types of wear (they are sort of a multi use tool - ie many converted to 'u-shaped abraders').<br /><br />The ulu shaped scraper on Kodiak is shaped like an ulu and is flat - made from slate or thin sheets of greywacke. I often have a really hard time telling the difference between an ulu preform and an ulu shaped scraper. <br /><br />Off the top of my head I believe there is an in depth discussion on these tools in DeLaguna 's monographs on the archaeology of cook inlet or the Chugach. But it might also be in Heizer's book about the Uyak site. I know it is one of those three books. And then you got to check what Don Clark says about split cobble scrapers in the his 1974 monograph on the Koniag on Kodiak - Koniag prehistory.Zoya, Patrick, Nora and Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058223440486466376noreply@blogger.com