Folsom Culture

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• Folsom culture — noun the Paleo American culture of Central America and North America; distinguished chiefly by a thin finely made flint projectile point having the shape of a leaf • Topics: ↑archeology, ↑archaeology • Hypernyms: ↑Paleo American culture, ↑Paleo… …   Useful english dictionary

• Folsom Site — Infobox nrhp | name =Folsom Site nrhp type = nhl caption = nearest city= Folsom, New Mexico locmapin = New Mexico area = architect= architecture= designated= January 20, 1961cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=334… …   Wikipedia

• Folsom — ☆ Folsom [fōl′səm ] adj. [after Folsom, village in New Mexico, where such spearheads have been found] of or having to do with a North American culture of the late Pleistocene Epoch characterized by the use of stone spearheads with fluted sides …   English World dictionary

• Folsom Street Fair — The annual Folsom Street Fair is held on the last Sunday in September and caps San Francisco s Leather Pride Week . The Folsom Street Fair, sometimes simply referred to as Folsom , is located on Folsom Street between 7th and 12th Streets, in San… …   Wikipedia

• Folsom tradition — The Folsom Complex is a name given by archaeologists to a specific Paleo Indian archaeological culture that occupied much of central North America. The term was first used in 1927 by Jesse Dade Figgins, director of the Colorado Museum of Natural… …   Wikipedia

• Folsom complex — Prehistoric culture of North America on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that is known from stone tools. It is characterized by leaf shaped flint projectile points having a concave base with side projections and a longitudinal groove on… …   Universalium

• Folsom Field — This article is about a football stadium. For other uses, see Folsom Field (disambiguation). Folsom Field Former names Colorado Stadium (1924–1944) Location Colorado A …   Wikipedia

• Folsom, New Mexico — Infobox Settlement official name = Folsom, New Mexico settlement type = Village nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250px map caption = Location of Folsom, New Mexico mapsize1 = map… …   Wikipedia

• Folsom point — a flint point characteristic of the Folsom tradition, typically leaf shaped and fluted, with small basal extensions, and used on a projectile, as a spear, for hunting game. [1930 35] * * * Folsom point, a thin, chipped stone somewhat like an… …   Useful english dictionary

• Folsom — /fohl seuhm/, n. a town in central California. 11,003. /fohl seuhm/, adj. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a prehistoric North American cultural tradition extensive in the Great Plains about 11,000 years ago and typified by the use of the… …   Universalium

• Folsom — Fol•som [[t]ˈfoʊl səm[/t]] adj. ara of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a prehistoric North American culture extensive in the Great Plains about 11,000 years ago and typified by the use of a typically leaf shaped and fluted flint point used… …   From formal English to slang