WHEN CUMBERLANDS WERE CALLED FOLSOMS
By Richard Michael Gramly, Ph.D.American Society for Amateur Archaeology Although most collectors envision a Cumberland point to be a thick biface, fluted on both sides (sometimes to the tip), with […]
THE CEDAR CREEK FOLSOM LOCALITY
By Jim E. Cox, D.D.S. Cedar Creek is a well known multi-component archaeological site in western Oklahoma. It has been referenced in the archaeological literature since professional investigations began there […]
THE GOLD SAND SITE, LEE COUNTY, TEXAS
By Keith Brown This site was tilled for many years and was a favorite for surface hunting, which I did for many years. I had found bird points to Paleo […]
THE COOPER SITE: FOLSOM BISON HUNTING ON THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
By Leland C. Bement Following the extinction of some of the largest animals on the North American continent was the development of regional subsistence technologies. On the Great Plains arose […]
THE MAKING OF FOLSOM POINTS
By Bob Patten Folsom points draw inordinant attention by their unique design, but their means of construction has largely remained mysterious. The following essay shares insights gained from nearly fifty […]
THE LIPSCOMB FOLSOM ASSEMBLAGE AND ITS SUDPLANO TECHNOLOGY
By Ruthann Knudson, Ph.D. When is a Folsom point just that and not an unfluted Folsom or a Midland point? A clue to this classificatory question lies in the Lipscomb […]
UPDATE ON THE WESTFALL FOLSOM SITE
By Tom Westfall In 1999, Grayson Westfall discovered a Folsom campsite along the Upper Bijou Creek in Elbert County, Colorado. Since that time the site has been routinely visited by […]
AN INDIANA FOLSOM POINT AND ITS BEARING UPON FOLSOM ORIGINS
By Richard Michael Gramly, Ph.D.American Society for Amateur Archaeology Ever since the finds at Folsom, New Mexico, made a case for man’s great antiquity in the New World (Figgins 1927) […]
FOLSOM IN THE ROCKIES – FRISON INSTITUTE STUDIES
By Marcel Kornfeld Director, George C. Frison Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Wyoming The University of Wyoming (UW) Anthropology Department has long been engaged in studying Rocky Mountain […]
THE WASDEN OWL CAVE FOLSOM MATERIAL FROM EASTERN IDAHO
By Ruthann Knudson, Ph.D., RPA, and Susanne J. Miller Not all important Folsom sites have beautiful tool collections—some are pretty small and beat up! But they are no less significant—for […]