Kelly is also conducting fieldwork and research on why so few fluted points are found in caves and rockshelters.

Paleo Indians carried spears with fluted points made of black chert or jasper.

A Paleo-Indian fluted point, a very rare stone tool, was among them.

Early lithic evidence from before 2500 B.C. like fluted points and stone utensils are found at some megafauna kill sites.

Bison remains, Clovis and other fluted points date back to this time frame.

The Siberian fluted point and other artifacts were found beneath a layer of volcanic ash that was dated as 8,300 years old.

He said the dating appeared to be firm, which meant the Siberian fluted point was nearly 2,000 years younger than New World specimens.

He found it curious, he said, that only one fluted point showed up among all the other stone weapons.

These testings recovered the first fluted points within a buried context in Nova Scotia since 1964.

Recoveries of note also include fluted points, which are a marker of the Paleoindian period.