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Folsom and Yuma Culture Finds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

Hans E. Fischel
Hans E. Fischel*
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Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, California
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A little more than a decade ago, the term “Folsom points” made its first appearance in the literature. It signifies a stone implement characterized by a wide, shallow groove, usually found on both sides (Figure 25:1, 2, 6, 7). Previously these implements, known from surface finds only, had aroused no particular attention. Their true significance was established by the Colorado Museum of Natural History, when these artifacts were discovered in direct association with a number of extinct bison (B. antiquus taylori) and other animals. The undoubted association of fauna and artifacts was confirmed by Barnum Brown, A. V. Kidder, and F. H. H. Roberts, Jr. All finds of this particular grooved blade were henceforth called “Folsom” points, after the nearby town of Folsom, New Mexico.

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American Antiquity , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , January 1939 , pp. 232 - 264
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1939

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