"CLASSIC STYLE"

CLOVIS POINT

COLBY SITE---NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING

UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING

ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT COLLECTION

   This  Clovis point was found during the excavation of bone pile number 1 near one of the ribs. It's a good representative example of a "classic" style Clovis point. The base on this point is not as rounded and the concavity is shallow & notdeeply notched as are the three other examples found on this site. Both hinge fractures at the end of the channel flakes were removed by percussion flakes. The heavily ground basal edges are also more parallel than the other points that havemore rounded or tapered basal edges. This point is made of a translucent Phosphoria Formation chert and measures 2 1/2 inches (61mm) long.

Clovis point from the Colby mammoth kill site.

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