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Fol•som
(fōl′səm),USA pronunciation n.
Fol•som (fōl′səm),USA pronunciation adj.
- Archaeology, Place Namesa town in central California. 11,003.
Fol•som (fōl′səm),USA pronunciation adj.
- Archaeologyof, pertaining to, or characteristic of a prehistoric North American cultural tradition extensive in the Great Plains about 11,000 years ago and typified by the use of the Folsom point.
- after Folsom, a village in NE New Mexico, near where remains typifying the culture were found in 1925
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