Recently Discovered Clovis Points in Indian Wells Valley on the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Southeastern Alta California
Abstract During a recent archaeological survey on the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake along the relict shorelines of Pleistocene Lake China, Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc. discovered five Clovis points and a variety of other artifacts, as well as fragmentary and mostly unidentifiable fossilized large mammal remains. Most of these points are better preserved and less sandblasted than other Clovis specimens found within the Lake China Basin. This article provides a brief background to the Clovis Complex, a technological description of these projectile points, and the results of obsidian hydration and protein residue analyses.