SAS Webinar
Saturday, January 11, 2025
2:00 – 3:30 PM PT
“California Fluted Points, Fantasies and Fables”
By
Michael F. Rondeau,
Archaeologist, sole proprietor of Rondeau Archeological
at Pena Archaeology Facility (607 Pena Dr. Suite 600; Davis, CA) and via Zoom

What characterizes fluted points and where are they found in the Far West? The CalFLUTED (California Fluted Lanceolate Uniform Testing and Evaluation Database) project has been an undertaking by Michael F. Rondeau to analyze fluted points in California, Nevada, Oregon, and Utah. His book, “Fluted Points of the Far West” resulting from this project provides first large-scale overview of fluted points in the far western United States detailing their attributes, trends in production, and range of variability. In this talk Mike will discuss the goals, findings and implications of CalFLUTED project and will present basic facts and surprise findings regarding fluted points in California and the Far West. Project findings and resultant data are used to test commonly held fluted point beliefs. Questions will be welcomed.

Michael F. Rondeau is a noted lithics expert specializing in western North American fluted projectile points and their related technology. He has been Research Director of the Archaeological Study Center at the California State University, Sacramento, and an archaeologist for the Office of Historic Preservation, California State Department of Parks and Recreation, and the California State Department of Transportation. He is currently sole proprietor of Rondeau Archeological in Sacramento, specializing in technological lithic analysis and research. Current studies include the California Fluted Lanceolate Uniform Testing and Evaluation Database (CalFLUTED) project. In 2023 he published Fluted Points of the Far West through the University of Utah Press summarizing results of CalFLUTED project.