The problem of what happened to the people who made the Clovis fluted point is still unsolved. We do not know if they slowly developed into what is now known as the Folsom or Plainview cultures, or if they were replaced by later people coming across from Asia into the New World. However, following the Clovis point there enters the picture of prehistory what probably is the most famous projectile point type in the New World-the Folsom. This point was first discovered in the early 1930's in association with extinct bison remains in eastern New Mexico, and since has been found under ancient circumstances throughout the Great Plains and all the way north to Canada. As far as archaeologists know, the first Folsom point from the Ozarks was found in the summer of 1935 by University of Missouri archaeologists in the Table Rock reservoir area. However, it is highly probable that Folsom points have been found in Christian County by farmers and others and not yet called to the attention of the archaeologist. From present information it is believed that the people utilizing the Folsom projectile point were bison hunters, roaming over the prairies in search of wandering herds of buffalo. It could be that severe climatic changes in the plains, such as droughts, forced some of these people into the Ozarks. However, further research is necessary to learn whether or not the Folsom people lived in the Ozarks for any time span.

A projectile point similar to the Folsom, but lacking the unique center channel or flute of both faces, is the Plainview, first discovered in western Texas in association with extinct bison remains. A goodly number of Plainview points and sim-