Red chert attributed to a small number of outcrops within the Munsungun Lake formation, northern Maine is nearly ubiquitous in late Pleistocene Fluted-Point-Period (FPP) archaeological sites throughout northeastern North America, including at sites hundreds of kilometers from this source. Red Munsungun chert also appears more frequently in FPP sites than any other material type in the region. The frequency of use and the distances over which this material was transported during the FPP differ qualitatively and quantitatively from other raw materials regularly found in FPP sites in the region. These differences in use, transport, and discard are not explained by technological considerations --such as texture or nodule size-- alone. One possible explanation for the unique treatment of this material during the FPP is color. Knappable brightly colored stone (including red) is uncommon in the Northeast which may have resulted in a specific preference for red Munsungun chert by stoneworkers during the FPP. The widespread transport and exchange of this material would also help maintain social relationships and information exchange between widely scattered bands, while the act of repeatedly returning to a specific location would have helped socialize a recently settled landscape.

红色燧石归因于缅因州北部 Munsungun 湖地层内的少量露头，在整个北美东北部的晚更新世槽点时期 (FPP) 考古遗址中几乎无处不在，包括距离该源头数百公里的遗址。与该地区的任何其他材料类型相比，红色 Munsungun 燧石在 FPP 矿区中出现的频率也更高。该材料在 FPP 期间的使用频率和运输距离在质量和数量上与该地区 FPP 站点中经常发现的其他原材料不同。这些在使用、运输和丢弃方面的差异不能仅由技术考虑因素（如质地或结核大小）来解释。在 FPP 期间对这种材料进行独特处理的一种可能解释是颜色。可敲打的颜色鲜艳的石头（包括红色）在东北部并不常见，这可能导致 FPP 期间石工特别偏爱红色 Munsungun 燧石。这种材料的广泛运输和交换也将有助于维持广泛分散的乐队之间的社会关系和信息交换，而反复返回特定位置的行为将有助于使最近定居的景观社会化。