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Native American History
The Kennewick Man
Clovis First Theory
The First Americans: PBS / Nova
Solutrean First?
The Theory
Native Americans
of South Central Kentucky
Kentucky Archaeological Periods (B.P.
= Before Present)
Paleo
(11,500 B.P. to 10,000 B.P.)
Transitional Paleo (10,500 B.P. 9,000 B.P.)
Early Archaic (10,000 B.P. to 7,000 B.P.)
Middle Archaic (7,500 B.P. to 4,000 B.P.)
Late Archaic (5,000 B.P. to 3,000 B.P.)
Woodland (3,000 B.P. to 1,300
B.P.)
Mississippian (1,300 B.P.to 400 B.P)
Historic (450 B.P. to 170 B.P.)
Artifacts and Features from the Green River Basin
Arrowhead & Blade Types of Kentucky
(1) St. Charles Dovetail (Early Archaic)
(2) Grahmam Cave (Early Archaic)
(3) Benton (Middle
Archaic)
(4) Decatur Fractured Base (Early Archaic)
(5) Motley (Late Archaic to Woodland)
(6)
Decatur (Early Archaic)
(7) Clovis Fluted (Early Paleo)
(8) Kirk Stemmed Serrated (Early to Midlle
Archaic)
(9) Pine Tree Corner Notch (Early Archaic)
(10) Decatur Fractured Base (Early Archaic)
(11)
Wade (Late Archaic to Woodland)
(12) Decatur Fractured Base (Early Archaic)
(13) Adena Turkeytail (Late Archaic
to Woodland)
(14) Big Sandy (Early to Late Archaic)
(15) Hardin (Early Archaic)
(16) Benton (Middle Archaic)
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Bell Pestle
Bone Trigger Awl
Antler Arrowhead
Bone Fish Hook
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Full Groove Axe
Bone Awl
Bone Hair Pin
Bon Graver Handle
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Hominy Holes One of the most prominent legacies of the
Adena Culture is a misnomer as they were probably never used for corn processing, rather for foraged nuts.
Pictographs The man at Asphalt rock
or Painted rock Red Ochre Pictograph
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