Clovis fluted points vary considerably in technology and morphology, but also share a set of attributes, the most diagnostic of which are the flute scars, the remnants of the flake removals from the basal region that travelled up towards the tip. Fluting on Clovis and Clovis-like points generally extends no further than a third of the way up the face of the point. Finished points are usually ground smooth along the base and lower edges, suggesting facilitation of the hafting (attachment) to a wooden shaft or handle by way of an ivory or bone socket. The points may have been hafted directly to a main-shaft and used as a thrusting spear during close encounter attacks, or in the hand as knife or butchery tool. Alternatively, an intermediary shaft, or foreshaft may have been used to secure the point. The suggestion of foreshafts being used by Clovis hunters received support after the discovery of bone rods in association with mammoth remains and Clovis points at the type site at Blackwater Draw, New Mexico in 1936. Several other Clovis-aged sites across North America have yielded ivory and beveled rods that have also been associated with foreshafts and the hafting of Clovis points. Scratches that are present on a couple of Clovis points made on varieties of obsidian, have been identified as being “hafting abrasion” evidence, this roughening of the surface would have helped in securing the point into the shaft or socket. In one example from the Hoyt site in Oregon, remains of a “pitch” or hafting adhesive was discovered in the abrasions in the fluted area of the point.

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握持和握持：克洛维斯凹槽点的握持证据

克洛维斯凹槽点在技术和形态上差异很大，但也有一组属性，其中最具诊断性的是凹槽疤痕，即从基底区域向上移动到尖端的薄片去除的残余物。Clovis 和类 Clovis 点上的凹槽通常不会超过该点表面的三分之一。完成的点通常沿基部和下边缘磨光，这表明通过象牙或骨槽有助于将轴（连接）到木轴或手柄上。这些点可能直接挂在主轴上，在近距离攻击时用作刺矛，或者在手中用作刀或屠宰工具。或者，可以使用中间轴或前轴来固定该点。1936 年，在新墨西哥州黑水镇的样板地点发现与猛犸象遗骸和克洛维斯点有关的骨棒后，克洛维斯猎人使用前轴的建议得到了支持。北美其他几个克洛维斯时代的遗址也产出了象牙和斜角杆，它们也与前轴和克洛维斯点的横杆有关。出现在各种黑曜石上的几个克洛维斯点上的划痕已被确定为“轴磨损”证据，这种表面的粗糙化有助于将点固定到轴或插座中。在俄勒冈州霍伊特遗址的一个例子中，在该点的凹槽区域的磨损处发现了一种“沥青”或悬挂粘合剂的残留物。