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Parallel-sided, relatively wide blade

Thick in cross section, often with a ridge along the long axis ("median ridge")

Relatively poor fluting

Base usually deeply convex

Grinding along basal edge and lower blade edges

Size: 2 to 2½ inches long

Early Paleoindian ca. 9000-8700 BC

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