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Rare Perishable Artifacts
One reason why bluff shelters are such an important class of archeological site is the presence of rare, usually perishable artifacts. At open, or non-shelter, sites the only kinds of artifacts that usually survive are made of hard materials that don’t decompose quickly. Stone tools, ceramics, and sometimes bone will survive in the ground for…