Folsom culture

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Folsom culture was a Paleo-Indian archaeological culture of the North American Great Plains, best known for its finely made fluted projectile points associated with extinct Pleistocene bison hunting.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Paleo-Indian archaeological culture ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
associatedWith Bison antiquus ⓘ
Pleistocene megafauna extinction period ⓘ
extinct Pleistocene bison ⓘ
chronologicallyEarlierThan Plano cultures ⓘ
chronologicallyLaterThan Clovis culture ⓘ
culturalRegion Plains Paleoindian tradition ⓘ
linked to: Paleo-Indian period
discoveredAt Folsom site ⓘ
linked to: Folsom complex
economyBasedOn big-game hunting ⓘ
evidenceType camp sites ⓘ
kill sites ⓘ
lithic scatters ⓘ
follows Clovis culture ⓘ
geographicRange from Texas to Montana ⓘ
from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River region ⓘ
hasDiagnosticFeature careful edge retouch on points ⓘ
deep longitudinal flute on projectile points ⓘ
thin, lanceolate point shape ⓘ
hasTypeArtifact Folsom point ⓘ
linked to: Folsom culture
huntingStrategy bison jumps and kill sites ⓘ
communal bison hunts ⓘ
keySite Agate Basin area ⓘ
linked to: Agate Basin complex

Folsom site ⓘ
linked to: Folsom complex

Lindenmeier site ⓘ
knownFor bison hunting ⓘ
finely made fluted projectile points ⓘ
locatedIn Great Plains ⓘ
North America ⓘ
North American Great Plains ⓘ
linked to: Great Plains
namedAfter Folsom site ⓘ
Folsom, New Mexico ⓘ
partOf Paleoindian period ⓘ
linked to: Paleo-Indian period
primaryPrey Bison antiquus ⓘ
researchField North American archaeology ⓘ
Paleoindian studies ⓘ
significance demonstrated coexistence of humans and extinct Pleistocene bison in North America ⓘ
refined understanding of post-Clovis adaptations on the Great Plains ⓘ
timePeriod Late Pleistocene ⓘ
linked to: Last Glacial Period

circa 11,000–10,000 years ago ⓘ
circa 9000–8000 BCE ⓘ
toolMaterial flint ⓘ
high-quality chert ⓘ
obsidian ⓘ
toolTechnology bifacial stone tools ⓘ
fluted projectile points ⓘ

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Lindenmeier site → culture → Folsom culture ⓘ
Lindenmeier site → knownFor → Folsom projectile points ⓘ
linked to: Folsom culture
Lindenmeier site → hasArtifactType → Folsom points ⓘ
linked to: Folsom culture
Blackwater Draw site → hasArchaeologicalCulture → Folsom tradition ⓘ
linked to: Folsom culture
Blackwater Draw site → hasFind → Folsom points ⓘ
linked to: Folsom culture
Scottsbluff complex → hasRegionalRelation → Great Plains Paleoindian complexes ⓘ
linked to: Folsom culture
Folsom culture → hasTypeArtifact → Folsom point ⓘ
linked to: Folsom culture
Bison antiquus → associatedWith → Folsom culture ⓘ
Blackwater Draw Locality 1 → knownFor → Folsom artifacts ⓘ
linked to: Folsom culture
Clovis culture → successorCulture → Folsom culture ⓘ
subject linked to: Clovis
Clovis era → followedBy → Folsom culture ⓘ
Carl Schwachheim → researchFocus → Folsom culture ⓘ
Lindenmeier site → culture → Folsom culture ⓘ
subject linked to: Carl Schwachheim
Blackwater Draw → hasSignificantCulture → Folsom culture ⓘ