Clovis Projectile Point
36-19-3
Location: On Display in the Native American Voices
From: New Mexico | Blackwater Draw | Mammoth Pit | Clovis
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 36-19-3 |
| Current Location | Native American Voices - On Display |
| Provenience | New Mexico | Blackwater Draw | Mammoth Pit | Clovis |
| Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
| Period | Paleoindian |
| Date Made | 9000 BCE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Edwards Chert |
| Technique | Chipped |
| Description | The specimen is lanceolate and symmetrical in outline with very narrow width in relation to length. The projectile point has parallel overlapped flaking. Basal thinning was accomplished through the removal of a single long channel flake from one face and two channel flakes from the opposite face. Edges along the base and basal lateral margins were moderately polished to facilitate hafting. |
| Length | 11.1 cm |
| Width | 2.7 cm |
| Credit Line | New Mexico Expedition, E. B. Howard, 1936 |
| Other Number | 71-55 - Cast Number | 9-22 - Cast Number |
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