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The oldest projectile points found in North America were long thought to date from about 13,000 years ago, during the Paleo-Indian period, however recent evidence suggests that North American projectile points may date to as old as 15,500 years. [2] Some of the more famous Paleo-Indian types include Clovis, Folsom and Dalton points. [3]
The Dalton tradition is a Late Paleo-Indian and Early Archaic projectile point tradition. These points appeared in most of southeast North America from c. 10,700 BCE to at least c. 8,400 BCE. [1] "They are distinctive artifacts, having concave bases with "ears" that sometimes flare outward (Fagan 2005)."
Clovis spearpoints collected in 1807 at Bone Lick, Kentucky. Clovis points have been found over most of North America and, less commonly, as far south as Venezuela. [11] The widespread South American Fishtail or Fell projectile point style has been suggested to have derived from Clovis. [12]
Paleo-Indian, Archaic Traveller's Rest: 40DV11 Mississippian West Site: 40DV12 Mississippian 1964-1970 J. Percy Priest Survey Site: 40DV18 1963 J. Percy Priest Survey Site: 40DV19 1963 J. Percy Priest Survey Site: 40DV20 1963 J. Percy Priest Survey Site: 40DV21 1963 J. Percy Priest Survey Site: 40DV22 1963 J. Percy Priest Survey Site: 40DV23 1963
Spearheads were found by a local artifact collector in Sharon Center, Ohio.From 1990 to 1993, the site was excavated by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.Dr. David Brose, the former Curator of Archaeology, found the spearheads were in the style of Clovis points of the Paleo-Indians and "some of the oldest certain examples of human activity in the New World."
Plainview complex, distinguished by the Plainview point, is similar to the Goshen complex.Due to the diversity of points found at the type site in Plainview, Texas, the complex has been widely interpreted, and may be grouped with Agate Basin, Firstview, Golondrina, and Milnesand points.
The Paleo-Indians, also known as the Lithic peoples, are the earliest known settlers of the Americas; the period's name, the Lithic stage, derives from the appearance of lithic flaked stone tools. Paleo-Indians were the first peoples who entered and subsequently inhabited the Americas towards the end of the Late Pleistocene period.
Arrowheads, flint chips, and bone fragments were recovered, indicating that these Paleo-Indians hunted Barren-ground Caribou, a species particularly adapted to the tundra-like conditions that existed at the time. The site yielded evidence of the Indigenous people's change in culture and subsistence as the climate in the area changed.
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