Paleo-Indian Period  10,000 BC - 8,000 BC

A nice assortment of Paleo-Indian points and scrapers have been found in Somerset County. Descriptions and photos of many of these artifacts can be found under Some Paleo-Indian Artifacts from Somerset County Pennsylvania on this www site.
• Clovis Fluted Point - Fred Veigh Collection
• Two Small Clovis Fluted Points - Fred Veigh Collection
• Fluted Point base, broken during flute removal - Robert Foust Collection
• Small Clovis Fluted Point - Robert Foust Collection
• End Scraper and Plano Convex Scraper - Fred Veigh Collection
• Fluted Point - Randy Kennedy Collection
• Broken Unfluted Point believed to be Paleo - Dennis Stahl Collection

• Thebes/Lost Lake Point
• Kirk Points
• Otter Creek Points
• Archaic Bevel Points
• LeCroy and Stanely Points
• Side Notched Points, LeCroy Point, Brewerton Points
• Stemmed Points
• Savannah River Broadspear Points of Rhyolite
• Savannah River Broadspear of Quartzite and Rhyolite Preforms
• Susquehanna Broadspear Points of Rhyolite
• Steubenville Point

• Adena Points
• Middle Woodland Points
• Side Notched Points
• Late Woodland Points, Bone Beads and Pendant
• Clay Pipe Fragments

• Iron Axe Head broken at the haft
• Glass Beads
• Triangle Points

• Celts
• Stone Axe and Celt
• Bannerstone Fragments, - Bedford Co., Pa.
• Very Large Biface Blade

• Alwine Site, Holsopple, Pa.
• Site near Windber, Pa.
• Site near Pleasantville, - Bedford Co., Pa.

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