Anthropology 2231F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Folsom, New Mexico, Clovis Culture, Knapping
13 Jul 2012
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Named after first site found in folsom, new mexico. Has distinctive fluted points: smaller, fluted, edges retouched to be smoother, apex of flintknapping. Several c14 dates on folsom, 11,000 just prior to 10,000 bp. Descendants of clovis peoples, predated by clovis. Only found in the western and central areas on north america (high plains, western mississippi valley, and southwest of usa) Begin to lose clovis tools: few, if any blades, some burins, no ivory because mammoths extinct. Sites: bias towards kill sites because they are easier to find (same as clovis: hunted long-horned bison, descendants of extinct forms hunted by. Clovis people: mass-hunting, e. g. taking 20 animals at once, sites for mass hunting only used once, maximum taken was 29 animals, usually took 10-20 at once. Relatively small sites: starting to go for more of the choice cuts (gourmet strategy) instead of thoroughly using it like they used to) Campsites: first one found: lindenmeier site.
