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A Fluted Point from the Old World

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Philip E. L. Smith*
Affiliation:
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Abstract

A small bifacial foliate from the Solutrean of France suggests that fluted points, whether made accidentally or otherwise, may occur occasionally in the Old World. However, there seems to be no historic relationship with those of the New World.

Type
Facts and Comments
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1963

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