The Paleoindians (13,000-7,000 B.C.)

About 15,000 to 9,000 years ago, a group we refer to as Paleoindians roamed Ohio. They were descended from people who crossed the Bering Strait during the final Ice Age. Paleoindians lived in small nomadic bands that hunted and foraged for food and made tools of stone.

At least two Paleoindian fluted points have been found in Miami County—one along the Stillwater River near Pleasant Hill, and one near upper Indian Creek south of Alcony. Paleoindians also made stone scrapers, wedges, hammerstones, and other tools used for chopping and smashing.