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Paleoindian · c. 10,200 – 8,000 BCE

Late Paleoindian

Fluting is abandoned while lanceolate forms continue. Dalton runs for roughly two thousand years and becomes one of the most abundant early types in the mid-continent, and unfluted Plains forms such as Agate Basin and Scottsbluff appear.

Date range
10,200 BCE – 8,000 BCE
Key terms
Dalton · Plano · Agate Basin · Unfluted lanceolate

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