Archaeology of Eastern North America (2007) 35:63-80 QUARRY SOURCE AREAS AND THE ORGANIZATION OF STONE TOOL TECHNOLOGY: A VIEW FROM QUEBEC

This article presents data on chipped stone tool production and distribution at a quarry source area in eastern Quebec. Two chert quarries and a series of related lithic workshops were studied in order to characterize the tool forms being produced during the late prehistoric period. In addition, sites at greater distances from the quarries were analyzed in order to reconstruct the distance decay pattern in distribution of Touladi chert. It is critical to understand the production at and distribution from a quarry source area in order to reconstruct and interpret the prehistoric organization of stone tool technology in a region