Extraordinary Artifacts
Artifact #149
The showpiece of the Fenn Cache, this is one of the finest Clovis
points ever found. The Clovis were a prehistoric people who
flourished in North America at the end of the Ice Age, hunting
mammoths and other big game with spear points not unlike this one.
To make the point, Clovis knappers used a billet, a hammer of ivory
or antler, to flake off pieces of the point through a process known
as brittle fracture. This point, crafted from red jasper, reveals an
unusual flaking style: Its maker struck the point diagonally rather
than from side to side, as was the norm.