Folsom culture

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Paleo-Indian archaeological culture archaeological culture

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Folsom points	2
Folsom projectile points	1
Folsom tradition	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Paleo-Indian archaeological culture ⓘ archaeological culture ⓘ
associatedWith	Bison antiquus NERFINISHED ⓘ Pleistocene megafauna extinction period ⓘ extinct Pleistocene bison ⓘ
chronologicallyEarlierThan	Plano cultures NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicallyLaterThan	Clovis culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalRegion	Plains Paleoindian tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveredAt	Folsom site NERFINISHED ⓘ
economyBasedOn	big-game hunting ⓘ
evidenceType	camp sites ⓘ kill sites ⓘ lithic scatters ⓘ
follows	Clovis culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
huntingStrategy	bison jumps and kill sites ⓘ communal bison hunts ⓘ
keySite	Agate Basin area NERFINISHED ⓘ Folsom site NERFINISHED ⓘ Lindenmeier site NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	bison hunting ⓘ finely made fluted projectile points ⓘ
locatedIn	Great Plains ⓘ North America ⓘ North American Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Folsom site NERFINISHED ⓘ Folsom, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Paleoindian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryPrey	Bison antiquus NERFINISHED ⓘ
researchField	North American archaeology NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ circa 11,000–10,000 years ago ⓘ circa 9000–8000 BCE ⓘ
toolMaterial	flint ⓘ high-quality chert ⓘ obsidian ⓘ
toolTechnology	bifacial stone tools ⓘ fluted projectile points ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cumberland culture → chronologicallyRelatedTo → Folsom culture ⓘ

Lindenmeier site → culture → Folsom culture ⓘ

Lindenmeier site → knownFor → Folsom culture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Folsom projectile points

Lindenmeier site → hasArtifactType → Folsom culture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Folsom points

Blackwater Draw site → hasArchaeologicalCulture → Folsom culture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Folsom tradition

Blackwater Draw site → hasFind → Folsom culture ⓘ

this entity surface form: Folsom points