Name Details:
Named By:
Named For:
Type Site
Date Identified:
Type Site: Kimmswick Site, Jefferson County, Missouri
Kimmswick
(Site Type)
Cluster:
Commonly Utilized Material:
Date:
15,000 - 10,000 B.P.
Paleo
Late Pleistocene
Cultural Period:
Glacial Period:
Culture:
Outline is Representative of Size and Shape:
Description of Physical Characteristics and Flaking Pattern:
This is a medium outward recurvate to excurvate shape. The base may range from an articulating 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.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
This point is Clovis points found at the Kimmswick Site in Missouri.
Similar Points:
Clovis
Related / Associated Points:
Additional Comments:
Other Websites with Detailed Information:
Pictures:
Other points in this Cluster:
Point Validity: Site Type
This is a Clovis point found at the Kimmswick Site in Missouri.
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Age Details:
Pictures Provided By:
Dr. George Boyd (from Kimmswick mastodon kill site, Kimmswick Missouri)
References: (See Reference Page, Entry Number):
30
Kimmswick Projectile Point, Kimmswick Arrowhead
