Folsom Tool Kits and Retooling Activities at the Lindenmeier Site, Colorado

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This paper investigates the archaeological signature of retooling at the Lindenmeier site. A series of exhausted or broken Folsom projectile points cluster spatially and identify discrete activity areas related to weaponry replacement. We analyzed the spatial distribution as well as the composition of these clusters to assess the degree of exhaustion of the toolkits at the time of their rejection. Because the manufacture of Folsom points leaves a very distinctive archaeological signature, we then used the channel flakes and preforms found within the clusters to reconstruct the number of weapon tips that were manufactured to replace the old ones. All in all, the study informs on the decision-making process of individual Folsom hunters and hints at how they maintained their toolkits.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)   •
• SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts

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Abstract Id(s): 53922