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A Supposed Fluted Point from Fort Rock Cave, an Error of Identification, and Its Consequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

John L. Fagan
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Abstract

The erroneous identification of a fluted projectile point associated with the earliest radiocarbon date at Fort Rock Cave is noted. Contrary to what has been stated in the literature, no fluted or Folsom-like projectile points have been found associated with early radiocarbon dates at Fort Rock Cave.

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American Antiquity , Volume 40 , Issue 3 , July 1975 , pp. 356 - 357
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1975

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