Plate 30. 
This plate illustrates a fluted form of a flaked projectile 
point called C/ovis or Clovis Fluted, \t has widespread 
ancient distribution in the United States. It derives its 
name from the town of Clovis, New Mexico, near which 
such points were found in association with the bones of 
extinct animals in 1932. The second part of the name is 
from the characteristic flute. Chapman in his Archaeology 
of Missouri, | has a good description of the flutes: ‘‘Flutes 
are most commonly produced by the removal of multiple 
flakes and usually extend one-fourth to one-half the length 
from the base toward the tip. One side generally has a 
longer flute than the other, and sometimes fluting is on one 
side only. In some instances single flakes are removed to 
produce flutes.” *He further points out that the bases are 
concave, and that the bases and lower parts of the sides are 
usually smoothed by grinding. 
This type of point has been found closely associated with 
the bones of mammoths and extinct forms of bison only on 
the western plains and in the Southwest. Clovis points are 
found throughout the East but, so far, not in association 
with mammoth, mastodon or bison. The third item in the 
second row with recurved sides represents one of several 
variations of Clovis points sometimes found in eastern 
United States. 
Radiocarbon dates associated with these points usually 
cluster around 9500-9000 B.C., but the only dated finds 
from Missouri are more recent, 8580-8250 B.C. These are 
from Rogers Shelter in southwestern Missouri on a southern 
tributary of the Lake of the Ozarks. 
CATALOG NUMBERS AND 
LOCATIONS 
A. 11X1-186 from Union D. 11X1-179 from Osage 
Co. iL, MO 
B. 11X1-184 from Phelps Eo 1X1-273: from 1A 
o., 
F. 11X1-185 from Union 
C. 11X1-176 from Union Co., 1b 
Co. TL. 
*Reprinted from “The Archaeology of Missouri, !"’ by Carl H. Chapman by permission of the 
author and the University of Missouri Press. Copyright 1975 by the Curators of the University 
of Missouri, 
