The Midland Complex: Is It Valid?

In: American anthropologist: AA, Volume 71, Issue 6, p. 1117-1118

Abstract

The Midland point has the same general shape, size, and typological manufacture as the unfluted Folsom point and may represent a minor style variation within a single cultural complex. The Paleo‐Indians who made both Midland (unfluted Folsom) and classical Folsom points occupy nearly identical time spans and have nearly identical associated tools. While individual sites have been found with all Midland and all Classic Folsom projectiles, many Folsom sites have both fluted and unfluted points found in the same chronological time horizon. The question is: with the available evidence, can we place them into separate complexes?