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MIG
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Not paleo. I think what you're seeing as "flutes" are probably thinning flake scars left over from the formation of the base concavity. IMO, it's late Archaic-early woodland period (3500 years old, give or take 1K), maybe a Savannah River type point.
QSVC
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Many times older, eg paleo/paleo transitional, points were found by later peoples and updated to their point preferences du joir. I have a few Daltons that were found and later made into drills for example. It would be pretty neat (and important to the archeological record) to find an updated Clovis.
A lot of Paleo points have been found throughout Georgia and the South. I have one whole one and several broken ones.
I believe Alabama holds the record for the most Clovis points found, out of all the states.
Willjo
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The Paleo data base for Georgia has hundreds if not thousands of paleo points that was found in Georgia and recorded in the Paleoindian database of the Americas, Georgia section
Willjo
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That point is most likely a Savannah River point Re sharpened by the Savannah River people.
Thats an incredible source of knowledge. Great pics I had no idea we had that much Paleo activity in the south.
All the waterways from central Florida, Georgia, and Alabama must have been travel corridors for the Paleo People. There have been some incredible finds in the rivers and along the banks. Some truly beautiful works of art too.
As Nic said, there is considerably more evidence and artifacts from Clovis and related Paleo people in the southeast than any other part of the country, much more than in the west. I tend to concur with Dr. Bruce Bradley's theory that Clovis people were Solutreans from France instead of Asiatic people who came over the Bering land bridge. He has a lot of credible evidence to back it up.
As for the original post, those aren't flutes, just basal thinning flakes.
Do you by chance know Rick Schwartz? He has one of the best collections of Florida Paleos, Hillsboroughs, and Newnans I've ever seen. Breathtaking stuff.
