Clovis point

noun

A fluted spearhead or the like created by people of the prehistoric Paleoamerican Clovis culture.

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nounClovis point (plural Clovis points)

plural Clovis points

  1. archaeologyA fluted spearhead or the like created by people of the prehistoric Paleoamerican Clovis culture.

    They closely resemble the famed American Clovis points, which are associated with large mammal extinctions across the North American continent.

    2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 219
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