Paleoindian cultural tradition
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concept
A Paleoindian cultural tradition is an archaeological classification for the earliest known Indigenous peoples in the Americas, characterized by distinctive stone tool technologies, mobile hunter-gatherer lifeways, and adaptation to late Pleistocene environments.
Observed surface forms (3)
- Paleo-Indian archaeological culture ×1
- Paleoindian cultural phase ×1
- Paleoindian period ×1
Instances (5)
- Cody complex
- Scottsbluff complex
- Lusk complex via concept surface "Paleoindian cultural phase"
- Folsom culture via concept surface "Paleo-Indian archaeological culture"
- Clovis era via concept surface "Paleoindian period"