At the Paleo Crossing site in Medina County, Ohio, Cleveland Museum of Natural History archaeologists uncovered artifacts and remains from an early Paleoindian settlement dating to 13,000 years ago. Excavations from 1991 to 1993, under the direction of former curator Dr. David Brose, recovered several hundred stone tools used for hunting and butchering Pleistocene animals.
The extensive scatter of surface artifacts, as well as the discovery of several small pit features, indicates that this site was a significant base camp for one or more Paleoindian bands (extended families). Recent studies by Curator Emeritus of Archaeology Dr. Brian Redmond and Research Associate Dr. Metin Eren examined the stone tool assemblage and the raw material used to make most of these artifacts. Their analysis suggests that these people traveled more than 500 miles (800 km) from a former homeland in what is now southern Indiana.
Boulanger, M. T., B. Buchanan, M. J. O’Brien, B. G. Redmond, M. D. Glascock, and M. I. Eren. 2015. Neutron Activation Analysis of 12,900-Year-Old Stone Artifacts Confirms 450-510+ km Clovis Tool-Stone Acquisition at Paleo Crossing (33ME274), Northeast Ohio, U.S.A. Journal of Archaeological Science 53: 550-558.
Eren, M.I. and B. G. Redmond. 2011. Clovis Blades at Paleo Crossing (33Me274), Ohio. Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology. 36(2) (Fall 2011): 173-194.
Eren, M.I., B.G. Redmond, and M. A. Kollecker. 2005. Unifacial Stone Tool Analyses from the Paleo Crossing Site (33-ME-274), Ohio. Current Research in the Pleistocene 22: 43-44.
Eren, M.I., B.G. Redmond, and M. A. Kollecker. 2004. The Paleo Crossing (33ME274) Fluted-Point Assemblage. Current Research in the Pleistocene 21:38-39.
