(FIGURES 6A & 6B)
OVERSHOT FLAKES
WINDY CITY SITE
PISCATAQUIS COUNTY, MAINE
PHOTO BY ROBERT A. LEWIS, MAINE STATE MUSEUM
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      These two overshot flakes were found on the

Windy City site in northern Maine. They illustrate

one of the technological markers of a Clovis knapper.

Overshot flakes are commonly found on Clovis

manufacturing sites. The arrows point in the direction

of the vectors of force and to the biface edges that

were removed. These overshot flakes are made

of Munsungan chert and they measure approximately

2 5/8 inches (6.6 cm) long and 1 7/16 inches (3.6 cm)

wide and 3 1/4 inches (8.2 cm) long and 1 7/8 inches

(4.7 cm) wide.

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