Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By:
Named For: City of St. Louis
Date Identified:
Type Site:
Identified By:
Named For: City of St. Louis
Date Identified:
Type Site:
Point Validity:
Valid type
This sub-type has limited professional references. This is considered a valid sub-type
St. Louis Fluted
AKA: St. Louis Clovis Cluster: Clovis Cluster
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium to large lanceolate point with a flattened cross section. The blade is excurvate constricting towards the base. The widest part of the blade is the top one third to one half. The blade constricts narrowest at the base. The base is concave. This point is fluted on one or both faces. This point has a parallel to horizontal transverse flaking pattern.
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Additional Comments:
There is great debate over the classification of Clovis style points. It is argued that the same characteristics of any single type can be seen through-out the distribution of the Clovis type and represent normal variations of the Clovis point. Others argue that specific areas specialized the type and are seen with greater frequency in those areas. Therefore, these represent later variants and unique subtypes to the Clovis point.
There is great debate over the classification of Clovis style points. It is argued that the same characteristics of any single type can be seen through-out the distribution of the Clovis type and represent normal variations of the Clovis point. Others argue that specific areas specialized the type and are seen with greater frequency in those areas. Therefore, these represent later variants and unique subtypes to the Clovis point.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is primarily found in the Ohio River valley, Tennessee River Basin, and the mid to upper Mississippi River valley.
This point is primarily found in the Ohio River valley, Tennessee River Basin, and the mid to upper Mississippi River valley.
Age / Periods:
Date: 14,000 - 10,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Paleo
Glacial Period: Late Pleistocene
Culture:
Date: 14,000 - 10,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Paleo
Glacial Period: Late Pleistocene
Culture:
Age Details:
Similar Points:
Agate Basin, Angostura, Barnes, Beaver Lake, Browns Valley, Conerly, Copena Articulated, Crowfield, Cumberland, Dalton, Golondrina, Fayette, Northumberland, Red Stone,
Agate Basin, Angostura, Barnes, Beaver Lake, Browns Valley, Conerly, Copena Articulated, Crowfield, Cumberland, Dalton, Golondrina, Fayette, Northumberland, Red Stone,
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Anzick, Clovis, Clovis St. Louis, Clovis Hazel, Clovis Tulare, Clovis Un-fluted, Debert, Holcombe, Redstone, Ross County
Anzick, Clovis, Clovis St. Louis, Clovis Hazel, Clovis Tulare, Clovis Un-fluted, Debert, Holcombe, Redstone, Ross County
