Debra L. Friedkin Site
- Date of account
- Late Pleistocene; pre-Clovis dates disputed
- Location
- Bell County, Texas
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The Debra L. Friedkin site, near the Gault locality, produced a lithic assemblage known as the Buttermilk Creek Complex beneath Clovis-related deposits. Excavators proposed that it represented a pre-Clovis occupation, based on stratigraphic position and radiocarbon results from associated sediments. The claim became influential in discussions of technological diversity before Clovis, but critics raised concerns about artifact movement, vertical displacement, and whether the assemblage was anthropogenic. It is valuable for comparing how deeply buried lithics are evaluated when diagnostic artifacts and secure dates are limited.
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