Clovis Point

(Courtesy of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources)

An early hunter of the Clovis culture, c. 9000 B.C., flaked distinctive fluted grooves in this point. He then was able to create a knife or spear by inserting the point into the split end of a wooden shaft.

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