CAST #P-11

EASTERN STYLE
CLOVIS POINT

LAMB SITE
GENESEE COUNTY, NEW YORK

10,500 to 11,000 years ago
CHRISTOPHER LAMB COLLECTION

CAST #P-11
EASTERN STYLE CLOVIS POINT
LAMB-74/87
GENESEE COUNTY, NEW YORK

CHRISTOPHER LAMB COLLECTION

by Michael Gramly PhD.

   This deeply indented fluted point was restored from two fragments unearthed during archaeological excavations conducted by the Buffalo Museum of Science in 1986. It is fashioned of semi- translucent gray honey-colored Vanport chert or chalcedony, presumed to be derived from outcrops at Flint Ridge, Licking County, Ohio. The point may have been longer when freshly made but later resharpened.
   This point is identical in basal shape and length of its channel flake scars to specimens from the Vail Paleo-Indian site, Oxford County, Maine.
   Lamb-74/87 belongs to an assemblage of 23 fluted projectile points and knives, a fluted drill and point preforms that were discovered at the Lamb site. This extraordinary group of artifacts were made of raw materials exotic to western New York and may represent a hunter's toolkit, which accompanied its owner to the grave.

by Pete Bostrom

   This fluted point is one of the best examples that was found on the Lamb site. It was found broken as were all the other fluted points on this site but this one was not missing any pieces. 
 
  The Lamb site is located in a cultivated field in Genesee County, New York on an inconspicuous knoll, barely six feet high, bordering Murder creek, a tributary of Tonawanda creek. The farm is owned by Christopher Lamb who surface collected the site adding to a family collection accumulated, over the years, by his father and grandfather. After studying  fluted point fragments and preforms in the Lamb collection Dr. Mike Gramly of the Buffalo Museum of Science began excavation of the site in 1986 with volunteer help from the Houghton Chapter of the New York State Archaeological Association. Twelve fluted points and twelve preforms were eventually recovered. All material was found in the plow zone and no evidence of a storage or burial pit was found. It was determined that this material was either a cache by itself or at one time with a burial.

Five Lamb site Clovis points.
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FLUTED POINTS
LAMB SITE
GENESEE COUNTY, NEW YORK
CHRISTOPHER LAMB COLLECTION

   These five points represent some of the best most complete examples found on this Lamb site. All of the points found on this site were broken and have restoration to repair missing pieces except for the example at the top of the page. The point at the top is made of Flint Ridge chert from Ohio. The point to the left is made of Upper Mercer chert from Ohio. The point to the right was believed to be made of Knife River chert from North Dakota but may also be made of Cattail Creek chert from the eastern U.S. around Virginia.

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