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      Stone spear points have been found at most Paleoindian sites in Illinois. Large spear points fastened to wooden shafts were effective hunting weapons, and they were also used as knives. They may have used antler, bone or wooden weapons, but archaeologists have yet to find them preserved.

Clovis points

Clovis points, Kimmswick, Missouri (left)and St. Clair County, Illinois (right).

Paleoindian spear points have a distinctive flute or groove made by removing one or more flakes from the base of the point to improve their attachment to a wooden or bone foreshaft or handle.

   
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