Figure 9

Results of the 2D shape analysis of the complete bladelet dataset. (a) Displays the shape variation across the first four PCs (SD stands for standard deviation). (b) Shows the boxplots comparing the PC1 scores of the analyzed datasets from gic and rsa’, sorted according to the presence and type of retouch. (c) Is the scatterplot of PC axes 1 and 2 with the mean values of each group displayed as a larger dot. Alternate and inverse retouching are merged into a single category labeled as “alt.-inv.”.