Scientists Uncover Ancient Ice Age Americans' Secret to Survival: Mammoths

SciTechDaily ^ | December 17, 2024 | University of Alaska Fairbanks

[MtnClimber]

There is a variation on the Clovis point that is called a Cumberland point. It is fluted like a Clovis, but is flared at the base. I have four nice examples with most around 5 inches long. They look like this:

[subterfuge]

I’d go for some Bigfoot chili myself.

[Openurmind]

Wow, as a life long collector I am jealous... I am in the southwest and should have found a few Clovis points by now but have not. Mine are all from more recent cultures. One thing I do have I can take pride in is a whole arrow with the shaft, fletching, and sinew bindings all intact. Looks almost new except for the natural patina from aging. Found it buried way back in a dry desert cave. It is Paiute in origin.

[PIF]

NatGeo like the Smithsonian are a bunch of hucksters.

NatGeo wrong on all counts, as usual.

[MtnClimber]

The most unusual I have is two "Simpson Mustache" points that are considered to be part of the Dalton culture. Usually only found in the Suwanee river drainage in North Florida and Southern Georgia. They look like this:

Simpson Mustache

[Openurmind]

That is pretty cool! It is not just functional, it is a work of art! That is about the fanciest non-modern work I have ever seen aside from some knife blades!

[MtnClimber]

Finding a complete arrow is really unusual!

[Openurmind]

“Finding a complete arrow is really unusual!”

Don’t I know it! I was beside myself when I uncovered it and the feather Fletchings and bindings were still there! It only had about a half inch of light talc like cave dust on it. Just enough to protect it from the elements. What drew me to it was the point was just sticking out slightly from the dust. As I pinched the point to pull it out it was locked firm when it should not have been and that told me it was attached to something more. So I gently uncovered it little by little and was flabbergasted that it was whole. How it didn’t get eaten by bacteria and enzymes I have no clue. Maybe that it was in such a very dry environment I guess.

[Verginius Rufus]

Mammoths were all over North America in the days of the Clovis people—not just at Mammoth Cave.

[Vaduz]

40% of a Clovis mother’s diet came from mammoths.

No wonder they were all big boned some DMA at work?

[ridesthemiles]

THEY went extinct when the ASTEROID HIT THE EARTH & screwed up plant growth for a number of years.

[Max in Utah]

Vulgaris Magistralis - Heidevolk

[Sarcazmo]

Shit... I could have sworn that was a Mutual of Omaha special.

XD XD

[SunkenCiv]

:^)