FLUTED POINTS &
PREFORMS
CACTUS HILL SITE
SUSSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA
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COPYRIGHT OCTOBER 31, 2009 PETER A. BOSTROM

     The six fluted points in the top row were excavated from the Cactus Hill site in area B. They represent most of the best examples of the fluted points found during excavation of the Cactus Hill site. The first and second points on the left are described as mid-Paleoindian and made of jasper and clear quartz crystal. The third point is described as a Clovis point and made of white quartz. The fourth and fifth points from the left are described a mid-Paleoindian and made of chert-like Rhyolite and silicified Rhyolite or tuff. The point on the right is described as a Clovis point and made of green metavolcanic material. The largest point in this group measures 2 3/8 inches (6 cm) long.
   The two artifacts in the bottom row are described as Clovis preforms. They represent late stage of manufacture projectile point or knife forms. The broken example on the left is made of brown quartzite. The example on the right is made of Williamson chert.
EPOXY CASTS OF ARTIFACTS FROM THE CACTUS SITE

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