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Table 2. Summary Fluted Point Data by State (from Anderson and Faught 1998)

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State State Area in Square Miles Total Fluted Location County Points Folsom Level Data Cumberland Points Suwannee Points Simpson Points Clovis-like Points Fluted Points Points* per 1000 sq.mi. Primary References
Alabama 51,609 E 1747 1747 0 93 0 0 1747 33.85 Futato 1982, 1996, pc 1998; Futato et al. 1992; Cambron and Hulse 1969
Arizona 113,909 W 135 135 32 0 0 0 103 1.19 Swenson: personal communication 1998; Root and Ahler 1994
Arkansas 53,104 W 102 89 No data No data 0 0 102 1.92 Seeman and Prufer 1982:165
California 158,693 W 506 506 0 0 0 0 506 3.19 Hofman and Wyckoff 1991
Colorado 104,247 W 376 376 352 0 0 0 24 3.61 Willig and Aikens 1988:17 (Dietz site only)
Connecticut 5,009 E 18 9 0 0 0 0 18 3.59 Kent 1982:39
Delaware 2,057 E 55 48 0 0 0 0 55 26.74 Turnbaugh 1982:42
District of Columbia 67 E 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 44.78 Huckell 1982
Florida** 58,560 E 537 535 0 0 433 26 537 9.17 Gillam 1995, 1996; Dan F. Morse: personal communication
Georgia 58,876 E 126 123 0 1 5 13 125 2.14 Davis and Shutler 1969; Willig and Aikens 1988; Dillon 1994
Idaho 83,557 W 34 34 22 0 0 0 12 0.41 Van Ness: personal commincation; Stanford 1992
Illinois 56,400 E 184 184 17 No data 0 0 167 3.26 Moeller 1982:41
Indiana 36,291 E 584 584 1 No data 0 0 583 16.09 Griffith 1982:37
Iowa 56,290 W 135 135 28 0 0 0 107 2.4 Meltzer 1988:12
Kansas 82,264 W 38 38 13 0 0 0 25 0.46 Dunbar and Waller 1983:19; Dunbar 1991:193, 198-211, personal communication
Kentucky 40,395 E 290 290 0 29 0 0 261 7.18 Anderson et al. 1990
Louisiana 48,523 W 20 20 No data No data 0 0 20 0.41 Titmus and Woods 1988
Maine 33,215 E 96 96 0 0 0 0 96 2.89 Winters 1962:15; Brad Koldehoff 1983, personal communication; Wiant 1993
Maryland 10,577 E 100 94 0 0 0 0 100 9.45 Tankersley et al. 1990; Munson 1990
Massachusetts 8,257 E 428 427 0 0 0 0 428 51.83 Morrow and Morrow 1994; Munson 1990
Michigan 58,216 E 173 173 0 0 0 0 173 2.97 Brown and Logan 1987:191
Minnesota 84,068 W 61 61 19 1 0 0 41 0.73 Rolingson 1964:23
Mississippi 47,716 E 74 74 0 14 0 0 60 1.55 Gagliano and Gregory 1965; Philip K. Rivet, personal communication
Missouri 69,686 W 301 301 3 0 0 0 298 4.32 Sanger 1982:43-44; Gramly 1982: 22
Montana 147,138 W 64 64 41 0 0 0 23 0.43 Brown n.d.; Tyler Bastion: personal communication
Nebraska 77,227 W 75 75 55 0 0 0 20 0.97 Grimes and Bradley 1982:41
Nevada 110,540 W 149 149 No data 0 0 0 149 1.35 Lepper 1983a; 1986; Mason 1958; Shott 1986:160; Fitting 1975:41; Henry T. Wright: personal communication
New Hampshire 9,304 E 10 10 0 0 0 0 10 1.07 Higginbottom n.d.
New Jersey 7,836 E 264 262 0 0 0 0 264 33.69 McGahey 1987:2, 1996, personal communication
New Mexico 121,666 W 664 240 609 0 0 0 138 5.46 Chapman 1975:67; Munson 1990
New York 49,576 E 297 290 0 0 0 0 290 5.99 Leslie Davis 1988, personal communication
North Carolina 52,586 E 444 436 0 No data 0 0 444 8.44 Meyers 1987:68
North Dakota 70,665 W 100 100 94 0 0 0 6 1.42 Willig and Aikens 1988; Davis and Shutler 1969
Ohio 41,222 E 1056 1056 0 No data 0 0 1056 25.62 Sargent 1982:43
Oklahoma 69,919 W 189 189 108 0 0 0 81 2.7 Kraft et al. 1982:38
Oregon 96,981 W 54 54 0 0 0 0 54 0.56 Judge 1973; Hester 1972; Haynes 1955
Pennsylvania 45,333 E 256 256 0 No data 0 0 256 5.65 Wellman 1982:40
Rhode Island 1,214 E 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 3.29 Peck 1988; Daniel 1997
South Carolina 31,055 E 317 317 0 0 52 11 317 10.21 Charles 1986:16, personal communication; Goodyear et al. 1990
South Dakota 77,047 W 20 20 15 0 0 0 5 0.26 Fosha: personal communication 1998
Tennessee 42,244 E 690 690 0 209 0 1 328 16.33 Broster and Norton 1996; John B. Broster: personal communication
Texas 267,339 W 781 739 376 0 0 0 406 2.92 Meltzer 1986; Meltzer and Bever 1995; Largent et al. 1991; Hofman 1992
Utah 84,916 W 42 42 24 0 0 0 18 0.49 Copeland and Fike 1988
Vermont 9,609 E 32 32 0 0 0 0 32 3.33 Loring 1980; Basa 1982:42
Virginia 40,817 E 956 868 0 No data 0 0 868 23.42 McCary 1984; 1988; Johnson and Pearsall 1991a, 199b, 1993, 1995, 1996
Washington 68,192 W 36 36 0 0 0 0 36 0.53 Avey, nd; Gramly 1993
West Virginia 24,181 E 27 27 0 No data 0 0 27 1.12 Dunnell 1972; Gardner n.d.
Wisconsin 56,154 E 57 57 10 1 0 0 46 1.02 Stoltman and Workman 1969; Stoltman 1993
Wyoming 97,914 W 206 206 196 0 0 0 10 n/a Swenson:personal communication; Friedman ms
Grand Totals 3,022,261   12,913 12,301 2,015 348 490 51 10,479 4.27  
(East of Mississippi) 878,376   8825 8692 28 347 490 51 8295 10.05
(West of Mississippi) 2,143,885   4088 3609 1987 1 0 0 2184 1.91
* "Clovis-like" actually refers to the total sample of fluted points, minus all Folsom, Cumberland, Suwannee, and Simpson points. The information on the numbers of Clovis-like points in any given state may be considered suspect where no data is available on the incidence of Folsom or Cumberland points.
** The Florida total includes numerous Simpson and Suwannee forms.
   Southeast (ex Ark. and La.):   5181   Southeast as percent of East: 58.7%   

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