Anthropology 2100 Lecture Notes - Projectile Point, Lake Simcoe, Spear-Thrower
31 Jan 2013
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Traits of paleo-indian complexes: well made lanceolate or leaf shaped projectile points (fluted and non-fluted, subsistence economy focussed on the hunting of large game animals, time span between 13,500 and 12,000 years ago - calibrated calendrical age. Kill sites include blackwater draw in new mexico, and lehner and naco in southeast arizona. Have extinct mammoth, horse, long-horned bison, and tapir and the naco site has 1 mammoth and 8. Clovis points and living sites are found in murray springs southeast arizona. The colby site in wyoming is a kill site where george frison found 3 piles of mammoth bones and possible meat caches. Have smaller fluted points than clovis and the economy focussed on bison hunting. Drove bison into arroyos and over cliffs during communal hunts and later paleo-indian cultures are known by distinctive non-fluted lanceolate point and the types are eden, plainview, and agate basin. Paleo-indian complexes in southern ontario 12,900-12,000 ya:
