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archaeology
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts ...
, Plano point is flaked stone projectile points and tools created by the various
Plano cultures
The Plano cultures is a name given by archaeologists to a group of disparate hunter-gatherer communities that occupied the Great Plains area of North America during the Paleo-Indian or Archaic period.
Distinguishing characteristics
The Plan ...
of the
North American
Great Plains between
9000 BC and
6000 BC for hunting, and possibly to kill other humans.
They are
bifacially worked and have been divided into numerous sub-groups based on variations in size, shape and function including
Alberta points,
Cody points,
Frederick points,
Eden points and
Scottsbluff points. Plano points do not include the hollowing or 'fluting' found in
Clovis
Clovis may refer to:
People
* Clovis (given name), the early medieval (Frankish) form of the name Louis
** Clovis I (c. 466 – 511), the first king of the Franks to unite all the Frankish tribes under one ruler
** Clovis II (c. 634 – c. 657), ...
and
Folsom points.
See also
*
Other projectile points
References
Lithics
Archaeological artefact types
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