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Eden Points are a form of chipped stoneprojectile points associated with a sub-group of the largerPlano culture. Sometimes also calledYuma points, the first Eden points were discovered in washouts inYuma County, Colorado. They were first discoveredin situ at an ancientbuffalo kill site nearEden, Wyoming, by Harold J. Cook in 1941. Named after archaeologist O. M. Finley,the Finley Site eventually yielded 24 projectile points, including eight Eden points, eightScottsbluff points and one completeCody point, both other sub-groups within the Plano group. Eden points are believed to have been used between 10,000 and 6,000 years ago bypaleo-indian hunters in the western plains.
Eden points have been discovered across the western plain states, including Wyoming, Colorado,Nebraska, andMontana.