A type of prehistoric stone projectile point used by Paleo-Indians, or referring to the archaeological culture that created them. Also a place name for several locations in the United States.
Named after Folsom, New Mexico, where these distinctive fluted spear points were first discovered in 1908. The town itself was named after Frances Folsom Cleveland, wife of President Grover Cleveland, though the archaeological term now overshadows this origin.
Folsom points represent one of humanity's most sophisticated stone tools - the fluting technique required incredible skill and often resulted in broken points during manufacture. Finding intact Folsom points alongside extinct bison bones revolutionized our understanding of human presence in the Americas, pushing back the timeline by thousands of years.
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