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Abstract
A biface fragment (JuaD/98/12/1) was recovered in 1998 as a surface find near Ladyville in northern Belize, Central America. Based on morphological and technological criteria, this biface is most likely preceramic and might date to the Late Paleoindian/Early Archaic period (ca. 10,000–8,000 cal yr BP). To distinguish this point fragment from the two lanceolate, Clovis-style bifaces from Ladyville, we have tentatively designated it Ladyville Wide Stemmed.
Acknowledgements
The authors thank Mr Dorado for registering this point with the Institute of Archaeology (IOA) in Belize. The authors also express their gratitude to the directors and staff at the IOA who provided access to the point for study and have greatly assisted them in numerous ways with their research into the preceramic period of Belize.