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.

   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.