[Herbert C. Kraft et al. (1994)] Considering the radiocarbon chronology, archaeologists are in agreement that the very late Paleo-Indian tradition in the eastern United States developed into the Dalton tradition. Was the finding of the two points in the same locus a coincidence, with the Dalton point being abandoned later than the fluted point? Their contemporaneity is suggested by back country isolation, some morphological similarities, and the utilization of identical chert as raw material. Figure 4. Double -spurred flake scraper. Photograph by William J. O'Donnell. migration routes used by caribou or other game animals. The Paleo-Indian's unexpected presence in back country locales such as the Flax Mill valley may have been dictated by the need to seek more acquiescent game. Long continued hunting pressure along the Paleo-Indian's earliest entry routes such as the nearby Hudson River may have depleted the animal populations, leaving the remainder skittish and time consuming to stalk and kill. The Flax Mill Dalton-like point is most similar to the Greenbrier Dalton point type frequently found in Alabama and Tennessee (Dragoo 199:142-43). In New York, the near est reported find of a Dalton point is 48 km (30 mi) north in the vicinity of the southern tip of Lake Champlain, Whitehall, New York (Jack Holland, personal communication 1992). The rare northeast Dalton point may represent a widespread Early Archaic tradition that developed from Paleo-Indian culture.