CLOVIS POINT
LANGE - FERGUSON SITE
ARCHEOLOGY LABORATORY,
CENTER FOR WESTERN STUDIES, AUGUSTANA COLLEGE COLLECTION
This is
the smallest projectile point that was found during the excavation of the
Lange - Ferguson Mammoth Kill site. It has been extensively resharpened to
it's current length of only 1 1/2 (38 mm) inches. When Clovis spear points
became damaged from impact fracturing and edge wear from cutting they were
resharpened until they were eventually used up. This Clovis point has been
reduced to no more than half its original size and probably would have been discarded
before any further resharpening. |
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