Evening star., 1934-11-27
REAL FOLSOM SITE
LOCATED IN WEST
WraithIike Man of Glaciers
Time Emerges as Tan
gibIe Being.
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pastures which sprang up around the
streams flowing from the ends Of the
melting glaciers.
II such an animal had been killed
by human beings In New Mexico 1t
would indicate the existence OF men
on the continent at least during the
latter stages Of the ice age-a date
considerably earlier than Is ordinarily
accepted for the habitation OF the
New World. There was, Of course,
the bare possibility that the associa-
ton of arrow heads and bones may
have been accidental.
Since then the Folsom points have
been appearing over most of the coun-
try-but always as single specimens.
A few months ago David I. Bushnell,
jr., of the Smithsonian Institution OBJ
tanned some from the neighborhood
of Orange, Va. He believed they were
not originally intended as arrow heads,
but as sort of primitive kitchen i'm
plement But never was there any
indication Of the men who used the
curious, exquisitely Clipped bits OF
flint.
Followed Glaciers.
In the West Folsom points were
found in association with the bones
Of unquestionably ice-age animals
mammothS and musk oxen. One Is
long since extinct. The other, within
the memory OF man. has not ventured
below the Arctic Circle. Both are
known to have grazed in the van Of
the Ietreating ice.
DR.. Roberts was sent out by the
Smithsonian Institution last month to
investigate report that consider
able number Of these Folsom points
had been picked up on farm in the
foothills Of the Rockies, the location
of which is being kept secret for the
time being. Specimens sent here were
undoubtedly genuine. Exploration OF
the surrounding country soon revealed
what must have been definite dwell
ing place o. the mysterious people
possibly a camping site used by vari-
Gus hunting parties over long period,
or possibly a workshop where their
characteristic tools" were manufac-
tured. Thirty characteristic Folsom
points, some showing the finest crafts
manship OF any yet discovered, were
obtained. Besides these there were q
great variety of scrapers, rough stone
knife blades, drills, stone engraving
implements probably used to carve
designs on bones, drills and hammer
stones. All the animal bones found
had been broken and the marrow
scraped out OF them. The bones have
not been studied. as yet. They will
be turned over to National Museum
experts for Identification. Whatever
these animals may have been. the an
cient people were undoubtedly con-
temporaneous with them.
The site covers about quarter OF
mile in radius. The date Of the
deposit is dificult to determine but
it can hardly have been much later
than Pleistocene. or Ice age. 1t Is
certainly very ancient relative to
other human deposits in North
America.
Was Lush Pasture.
Apparently at the time it was occu-
pied, it was lush pasture where
probably great herds Of Pleistocene
quadrupeds congregated. This would
make 1t a favorite site for camp
OF roaming hunters and such-all evi-
dence indicates-was what the Fol-
som men were. They presumably
kept on the outskirts of the grazing
herds, picking of animals which
strayed away from the main body
or who became disabled or mired
Moreover, all the materials Folsom
man needed for his weapons and
tools, great nodules of flint, were
there in abundance It was un-
doubtedly at least a temporary work
shop DR.. Roberts found fakes Of
flint Clipped of in making the arti-
facts
Only a small part Of the deposit
has been excavated Thus far no
skeletal material has been found
which would indicate what sort Of q
man, physically. the Folsom hunter
was. Presumably he was ancestrally
related to the Indians.