Indian Artifacts - Paleo Points

Different Types of Paleo Points

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Education

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• Indian Artifacts
• Arrowheads
• arrowhead hunting
• Paleo Points
• Clovis
• Cumberland
• Beaver Lake

[smellanalan]

can you explain why cumberlands have such long flute channels

[stonejelly007]

@smellanalan Unfortunately I cannot. Only the earliest Paleo points are generally fluted and the spear would extend as far as the flute allowed. Since it was a thrushing point this reinforced the spearpoint. Most experts feel that the Cumberland points are dated later than the Clovis. I have always been amazed at the wide variety of points produced and my only thought might be experimentation to see what worked best. Thanks for the comment and question.

[sorrowaxe]

look up these types & it may help Redstone, Allen, Clovis-Hazel,Suwannee these are just a few of the hundreds of clones almost all artifacts have hope I helped and didn't fry your circuits & thanks for posting the video stonejelly007 I am not calling the man wrong to correct my first words typology is minefield great video sorry for the 5 post this a subject i even had to cut short thanks !

[sorrowaxe]

all can be fluted or not & the so called identification keys are vague at best I am starting to feel that the experts are afraid to admit they don't know non fluted Cumberland look similar to beaver lakes but thicker but no explanation on the thickness of either ?

the first three artifacts in this video all looked like Cumberland's to me

[sorrowaxe]

contrary to the gentle man the Clovis can be random or parallel flaked. fluting is common into the early & mid Archaic 9,500-5,000 years in types that are not often thought of hi-lo quads graham caves & Dalton my thoughts are every Native had unique styles just as we do they adapted to what was around as well as found artifacts from early cultures and salvaged to fit what they had learned from there elders the Cumberland/Clovis/Beaver lake is the hardest research I have battled

[sorrowaxe]

I am not a Expert on the Cumberland type as variations are common & typology is like a tight rope but from my research it has to do with techniques used to create the flutes the various  Clovis types are baton / billet fluted & usually fluted 3/4 up the blade Cumberland has advanced indirect pressure fluting "most often" all the way to the tip both types can be re curved blade edges Clovis-Hazel for example almost identical.

[MikalskiEdward]

Thanks for this vid ,I am going to look through my points and see if the Danes did th same with fluting .Happy hunting

[apathy24]

thank u for posting this informative video..-from a fellow middle Tennessean

[MrRickjitsu]

Great points....great info!

Thanks for posting!!

[IamMohawk]

This video is one of the best on this subject that I have seen here on youtube! Thanks for posting!