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New World, Native American, found at Sinking Creek, Lauderdale County, Alabama, Paleoindian period, ca. 13,500 to 10,000 BP (11500 BCE). Wow! A dark grey chert Clovis projectile point, probably the most famous known point in human prehistory, from the oldest identifiable continent-wide culture in the Americas. This example is typical: a fluted point, bifacially flaked, with a channel flake and a concave base enclosed by petite ears. The channel near the base aided Clovis people in hafting the point onto a spear shaft, and this seemingly minor innovation probably allowed the Clovis people to be successful hunters. Using this tool and some others in the Clovis tool kit, they spread across North and South America in a remarkably short time. Size: 2.9" L x 1" W (7.4 cm x 2.5 cm)

The Clovis people lived in small groups, probably composed of family members, and hunted mammoths, mastodons, giant bison, camels, and horses at the end of the last Ice Age. Archaeologists have found massive kill sites with the remains of points like these, demonstrating their success - and possibly helping drive those animals towards extinction. Projectile points like this one were lightweight and highly portable, as suited the nomadic lifestyle of the Clovis people. Although today there is strong evidence that the Clovis people were not the first to reach the New World, they do represent the earliest widespread culture on the continent.

Provenance: private Parker collection, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; this example was found on February 12, 1952

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