Folsom culture
- noun
- /ˈfoʊlsəm ˈkʌltʃər/
- Specialized
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cultura Folsom
- The Folsom culture is noted for its finely crafted flint spear points.
Examples
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Research into Folsom culture has shed light on early human migration in North America.
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Archaeologists discovered artifacts from the Folsom culture in New Mexico.
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Archaeologists discovered Folsom culture artifacts at the ancient campsite.
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The Folsom culture thrived thousands of years ago.
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Archaeologists discovered Folsom culture artifacts at the ancient campsite.
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Research into Folsom culture has shed light on early human migration in North America.
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The Folsom culture is noted for its finely crafted flint spear points.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Folsom + culture
The phrase follows the transparent compositional pattern 'X culture' — if a learner knows 'Folsom' as a name/place and the noun 'culture', they can infer it means the culture associated with Folsom. However, the specific archaeological sense (a Paleo‑American culture known for distinctive flint points) requires background knowledge and is not derivable from the constituents alone, so the transparency is only partial.
Etymology
The name Folsom culture comes from the town of Folsom, New Mexico, where archaeologists found an ancient bison with special 'leaf-shaped' stone spear points at a dig in the 1920s. Because those tools showed a distinct group of ancient people who made them, people called that group the Folsom culture, so the name now refers to that early North American culture known for those points.
