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This type of Paleoindian point is called a Clovis and functioned as a spear tip. It was found along the Kansas River and donated in 1925 to the Kansas Historical Society. Early Paleoindian people are thought to have been highly mobile, small bands that hunted large game, including some now extinct species. Stone tools help reveal how these people lived, traveled, and differed from other groups. Early Paleoindian points are often long, thin, and narrow, and have one or more short flakes called flutes removed from one or both sides of the point base.
Date: 11000-12000 B.P.E.
Item Number: 306266
Call Number: 25.43.5 Brower donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 306266
Collections - Archeology
Date - 11,500 BCE - 1 CE
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Projectile Point - Fluted
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures - Clovis
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10,000 BCE - 1820 CE
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
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