The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology


Paiján points

Paiján points [Ar].
Bifacially worked chipped stone points of triangular outline with a small stem or tang at the base. Characteristic of the Archaic Stage paiján Tradition of South America in the period 9000–7000 BC.

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