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
Origin of Folsom
after Folsom, village in N.Mex., where such spearheads have been foundFolsom
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Folsom
- A city of north-central California near Sacramento. It is the site of Folsom State Prison (opened 1880).x
- A village of northeast New Mexico near the Colorado border.x
adjective
Of or relating to a culture that flourished in western North America east of the Rocky Mountains during the late Pleistocene Epoch, notable chiefly for the use of grooved, leaf-shaped flint projectile points.
Origin of Folsom
After Folsom 1 New Mexico, where artifacts belonging to the culture were foundTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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