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This publication is a summary of the wide variety of artforms and works at the Arkfeld site in Virginia. The site dates to the Pleistocene. It also has a wide variety of lithic tools that correspond to the Upper Paleolithic of Europe. The site is basically a limestone quarry site.

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Jack Hranicky is a retired U.S. Government contractor, but he has been involved with archaeology as a full-time passion for over 40 years. His main interest is the Paleo-Indian period; however, he has worked in all facets of American archaeology. He has published over 250 papers and over 40 books on archaeology with his most recent being a two-volume, 800-page, 10,000-artifact book on the material culture of Virginia. In Virginia, he is considered an expert on prehistoric stone tools and rockart. The prehistoric Spout Run Observatory site was investigated by him that dates to 10,470 YBP. He has served as president of the Archeological Society of Virginia (ASV) and Eastern States Archeological Federation (ESAF), and been past chairman of the Alexandria Archaeology Commission in Virginia. He is a charter member of the Registry of Professional Archaeologists (RPA). And, since he joined the ASV in 1966, he is its senior member. And finally, his major publications are Bipoints Before Clovis and North American Projectile Points.

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