Description:

North America (found in Galatin County, Illinois), Clovis Culture, ca. 13,200 to 12,900 calendar years ago. This is a very nicely shaped lanceolate (leaf-shaped) white chert Clovis point with the characteristic Clovis design. The sides are parallel to a convex tip, with the broadest area around the midsection. The base is concave with flutes on both sides of the blade. Signs of bifacial percussion are obvious on the body of the point. It is unclear if the adoption of the Clovis point across a wide swath of the present-day United States points to a single, unifying culture, or a technological advancement so great that it was adopted by a variety of peoples. Size: 2.35" L x 1.1" W (6 cm x 2.8 cm).

On the Artifact Authentication Certificate, the evaluation states that this dates to the 11,200 years before present range. The Certificate is from 2000 and in the intervening years our understanding of Clovis chronology has changed, as has the calibration of the radiocarbon curve. As a result, the date above should be considered the more accurate date, but it is an update to, and not a contradiction of, the one on the Authentication Certificate.

Provenance: Ex-Cason collection, Boulder, CO

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  • Condition: Excellent, with little surface wear.

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