Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Name Details:
Identified By: Edgar B. Howard
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1935
Type Site: Clovis Site, Blackwater Draw Locality, Curry County, New Mexico
Identified By: Edgar B. Howard
Named For: Type Site
Date Identified: 1935
Type Site: Clovis Site, Blackwater Draw Locality, Curry County, New Mexico
Point Validity:
Valid type
Howard was a distinguished anthropologist and a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and is considered by many to be the discoverer of the first inhabitants of the American Continent. This type was named in a professional publication and is considered a valid type by all.
Howard was a distinguished anthropologist and a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and is considered by many to be the discoverer of the first inhabitants of the American Continent. This type was named in a professional publication and is considered a valid type by all.
Clovis Un-Fluted
Cluster: Clovis Cluster Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a small to large auriculate triangular fluted point. The cross section is flattened due to the flute. The blade has an outward recurvate to excurvate shape. The base may range from an auriculate form, but may also be expanding or contracting giving this point an appearance of an articulated point, or a lanceolate point. The base is concaved. This point lacks any fluting, but may have basal thinning and hafting region grinding present. The flaking pattern can range from random flaking to collateral or transverse flaking.
Size Measurements:
Length - 45 to 150 mm, Width - 20 to 45 mm (Sizes vary greatly)
Length - 45 to 150 mm, Width - 20 to 45 mm (Sizes vary greatly)
Commonly Utilized Material:
Additional Comments:
This point may be hard to distinguish from the Plainview points, or many other auriculate un-fluted points. The presents of fluted Clovis points are one distinguishing feature to help identify this point. This point is thought to be a rare type.
This point may be hard to distinguish from the Plainview points, or many other auriculate un-fluted points. The presents of fluted Clovis points are one distinguishing feature to help identify this point. This point is thought to be a rare type.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point has the heaviest concentrations through-out the Ohio, Tennessee, and Mississippi River basins and the eastern United States (red). Concentrations diminish in the Plains of regions of the United States and Canada (dark pink). Clovis points are rarely found west of the Continental Divide and into the Arctic region of Canada and Alaska (light pink). This point is not reported into the coastal regions of Alaska and Canada possible due to the water levels at the time This point is not reported into the ice shelf regions of the Canadian interior.
This point has the heaviest concentrations through-out the Ohio, Tennessee, and Mississippi River basins and the eastern United States (red). Concentrations diminish in the Plains of regions of the United States and Canada (dark pink). Clovis points are rarely found west of the Continental Divide and into the Arctic region of Canada and Alaska (light pink). This point is not reported into the coastal regions of Alaska and Canada possible due to the water levels at the time This point is not reported into the ice shelf regions of the Canadian interior.
Age / Periods:
Date: 15,000 - 10,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Paleo
Glacial Period: Late Pleistocene
Culture:
Date: 15,000 - 10,000 B.P.
Cultural Period: Paleo
Glacial Period: Late Pleistocene
Culture:
Age Details:
Similar Points:
Agate Basin, Angostura, Alder, Barber, Bat Cave, Belen, Black Rock, Barnes, Beaver Lake, Browns Valley, Chipola, Conerly, Copena Articulated, Crowfield, Cumberland, Dalton, Golondrina, Fayette, Folsom, Fredrick, Lovell, Midland, Northumberland, Red Stone, Simpson, Suwannee, Union, Withlacoochee, Wheeler
Agate Basin, Angostura, Alder, Barber, Bat Cave, Belen, Black Rock, Barnes, Beaver Lake, Browns Valley, Chipola, Conerly, Copena Articulated, Crowfield, Cumberland, Dalton, Golondrina, Fayette, Folsom, Fredrick, Lovell, Midland, Northumberland, Red Stone, Simpson, Suwannee, Union, Withlacoochee, Wheeler
Other points in this cluster / Related / Associated Points:
Anzick, Clovis Colby, Clovis Hazel, Clovis St. Louis, Clovis Tulare, Clovis Un-fluted, Debert, Holcombe, Redstone, Ross County
Anzick, Clovis Colby, Clovis Hazel, Clovis St. Louis, Clovis Tulare, Clovis Un-fluted, Debert, Holcombe, Redstone, Ross County
