Paleoindian Projectile-Point Diversity in the American Southeast: Evidence for the Mosaic Evolution of Point DesignFootnote^*

* Review and acceptance of this paper was managed by Jesse Tune and Heather Smith, guest editors of the special issue of PaleoAmerica (Vol. 5, No. 2), “Variation in Fluted-point Technology: Investigations across Time and Space”. The editor apologizes for inadvertently excluding the paper from the special issue.

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