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Clovis point

noun

Clovis point

noun
1

Archaeology, History, Human sciences, Sciences A 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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