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Pelican Lake Points

A collection of Pelican Lake points from an excavation at Head-Smashed-In-Buffalo Jump. This type of point begins to appear in Alberta Sites about 3,500 years ago. They are often found in association with large-scale Buffalo kills, indicating that the Pelican Lake people were sophisticated hunters of large game.

A collection of Pelican Lake points from an excavation at Head-Smashed-In-Buffalo Jump. This type of point begins to appear in Alberta Sites about 3,500 years ago. They are often found in association with large-scale Buffalo kills, indicating that the Pelican Lake people were sophisticated hunters of large game.

Photo courtesy of the Provincial Museum of Alberta.

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