A collection of early Holocene flaked-stone crescents from the northern Great Basin

Several flaked-stone crescents from the northern Great Basin were recently identified within James M. Collins artifact collection held in Archaeological Research Collections, Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University. These artifacts are morphologically and technologically consistent with other pre-Columbian reported region. The two obsidian exhibit compositions that Whitehorse/Double H source, located immediately south where reportedly obtained. Analysis for use wear suggests they used a manner transversely hafted projectiles. Data here add to growing body information relating morphology, use, preferred raw materials