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-6- <br />l• Indian projectile points have been found on the surface within <br />North Park. It is thought that several of these represented Late <br />Paleoindian sites around a late Pleistocene lake (Lischka and Hiller <br />1978: 25). The people who produced these tools hunted large game and <br />lived in small migratory bands. The Paleoindian Tradition is usually <br />divided into three cultural traditions based on time, projectile point <br />styles and associated fauna. The earliest of these is the Llano <br />tradition, characterized by fluted Clovis points and an association with <br />mammoth. Dates for the Llano tradition cluster around 9200 B.C., <br />although more recent (to 8500 S.C.) Clovis sites have been recorded <br />in the region (J. Jennings 1968: 71; Frison 1978: 23). To date, <br />no Clovis points have bees reported from Ncrth Fark. <br />• Dates for the Folsom Tradition range between 9000 B.C. and 7500 <br /> B.C. (fdheat 1972: 157; Frison 1978: 23). The Folsom point, a spear <br />point with its widest point near the midline, a deeply concave base, <br />and a deer flute on both sides of the point, is the characteristic <br />artifact of the Folsom tradition. Folsom points are found in association <br />with Bison bison antiquus, which were killed either by an individuol <br />or by a sr:'_'_ gr^up, which stalked the animals to he. killed or <br />used a natural [rap such as an arroyo, pond or bog (G~eat 1°" : 15°- <br />164; Wilson 1978: 11-12). Frison has suggested the.t buffalo jumpin¢ <br />vas also taking place during Folsom times (1978: 149). Although no <br />Folsom remains have been found during systematic surveys of North Fark, <br />at least two Folsom points have been collected by local 7elic hunters <br />. within the park (Lischka June 11, 1979: personal communication). <br />The Plano tradition is characterized by a variety of parallel <br />l flaked lanceolate spear points and the presence cf flat milling stones, <br />