A morphological, morphometric and geochemical characterization of the El Jobo projectile points - diversity and significance in early human populations across the Americas.

ABSTRACT: The El Jobo projectile points represent a distinctive design innovation of Late Pleistocene Neotropical human groups. This technology, characterized by its fusiform/lanceolate shape, has been recorded mainly in northwestern Venezuela in a variety of geographical areas and in association with megafauna killing/butchering sites. To characterize it, address its significance, and analyse possible continental relationships, four consecutive approaches were conducted. A representative sample of El Jobo projectile points was subject to technological approximation, morphological classification, outline-based geometric morphometric analysis, and elemental composition analysis. Six morphological types were recognized, for which a common series of manufacture steps was hypothesized. Mainly collateral

SUBMITTER: Vargas D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12357808 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature