Clovis point

English

Noun

Clovis point (plural Clovis points)

  1. (archaeology) A fluted spearhead or the like created by people of the prehistoric Paleoamerican Clovis culture.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 219:
      They closely resemble the famed American Clovis points, which are associated with large mammal extinctions across the North American continent.
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