Folsom Point Diggings: The Johnson Site in the Foothills of Larimer County, Colorado

IF 1.6 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY PaleoAmerica Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI:10.1080/20555563.2021.1893957

Jason M. LaBelle, Kelton A. Meyer, R. Sumner

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The Johnson site is a Folsom occupation in Larimer County, Colorado. T. Russell Johnson discovered the site in 1935, which led to excavations by the Colorado Museum of Natural History in 1936 and later work in 1960 by the University of Wyoming. Little is known of the site due to limited reporting of the excavation and the Folsom assemblage. Our examination of the site collections gathered between 1935 and 1936 reveals an assemblage of 96 items, consisting of Folsom points, preforms, and channel flakes, as well as other tools including end scrapers, gravers, bifaces, and flake tools. Technological analysis of the Folsom points and byproducts of hunting-tool production suggests that site occupants fluted and finished points made from preforms of non-local materials, while additional tools and a few points were made from materials locally available in the Front Range foothills. As such, Johnson represents at minimum a hunting-weaponry-replacement locale.

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福尔松点挖掘:科罗拉多州拉里默县山麓的约翰逊遗址

摘要Johnson遗址是位于科罗拉多州拉里默县的Folsom遗址。T.Russell Johnson于1935年发现了该遗址，科罗拉多自然历史博物馆于1936年进行了发掘，后来怀俄明州大学于1960年进行了挖掘。由于对挖掘和Folsom组合的报道有限，人们对该遗址知之甚少。我们对1935年至1936年间收集的现场藏品进行了检查，发现共有96件物品，包括Folsom点、预制件和通道薄片，以及其他工具，包括端部刮刀、雕刻器、双平面和薄片工具。对Folsom点和狩猎工具生产副产品的技术分析表明，现场居住者用非当地材料预制件制作凹槽和成品点，而额外的工具和一些点则用Front Range山麓当地可用的材料制作。因此，约翰逊至少代表了一个狩猎武器的替代地点。

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PaleoAmerica Earth and Planetary Sciences-Paleontology

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