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This is the only complete stone spear point found during the excavation of Sheriden
Cave. Another fragment of a biface was found but a positive identification
as a projectile could not be made. This fluted point was found in 1998 by Paul J. Barans less than
three feet from where the first bone point was discovered in 1995. It has
been extensively resharpened and it doesn't seem likely that it would have
undergone any further resharpenings. It's possible that it may have even
been discarded by the original owner when he replaced it with a new point
on the end of his spear or foreshaft. Paleo-Indians were hunting with a wide range of
sizes of fluted points. Some of them seem to small for the animals they
were hunting. A fluted point measuring 1 1/4 inches long was found on the
mastodon kill site at Kimmswick. Even smaller fluted points have been
found on other Paleo-Indian kill sites. |
