Folsom, 1927

Folsom, NM11,000 BP

The PaleoIndian Period

Clovis ~ 12,000-11,000 BP

Folsom ~11,000-10,500 BP

Late Paleoindian ~10,500-9,000 BP

Plog, Ancient People of the American Southwest 1997:38

Dent mammoth, CO, 193211,000 BP

Naco mammoth, AZ~11,500 BP

Clovis points

Underwater Archaeology• to examine

coastal occupations

Folsom Site

Folsom point in situ with extinct Pleistocene bison

George McJunkin1908

Folsom, 1927

Folsom points

Folsom excavations 1999-2000

careful excavations• 50 X 50 cm excavation units• 5 cm thick excavation levels

Piece-Plotting

• Mapping 3-D coordinates of all items

• including stone artifacts, bone, charcoal, rocks, other natural artifacts

EDM Technology

• rapid accurate mapping

• sub-centimeter precision

water-screening

Recovery of Small

Materials• 1/8” screen• 1/16” screen• small flakes• small bone fragments• rocks• gastropod remains• charcoal

articulated and disarticulated remains

unbutchered articulated units

Bison bison

crania unbroken

disarticulated but not heavily butchered-“gourmet” strategy

casting