From Flovis to Closom: An Evaluation of Fluted Point Morphologies

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Multiple fluted projectile points recovered from La Prele, a Clovis-age site in Wyoming, share attributes of both Folsom and Clovis projectile point types. This raises a question of how much morphological overlap exists between these widely recognized fluted point types? In this project I explore the degree of morphological overlap between Folsom and Clovis points from samples of non-disputed point types. Using ArcGIS and digitized photographic and illustration images from published sources of Folsom and Clovis sites from the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains, I examine the degree of similarity in basic morphometric attributes including size, attributes of flaking, channel flake scar morphology, etc. This project will potentially allow the classification of the fluted points from La Prele as either Folsom, Clovis, or both, and whether the typological distinction between these point types made on the basis of morphology is justifiable.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 37270.0