Clovis culture
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Clovis culture was an early Native American archaeological culture known for its distinctive fluted stone spear points and widespread presence across North America near the end of the last Ice Age.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clovis culture canonical | 6 |
| Clovis point | 1 |
| Clovis points | 1 |
| Dalton culture | 1 |
| Folsom culture | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Paleoindian culture
ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ prehistoric culture ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite |
Anzick site
ⓘ
Blackwater Draw ⓘ Dent site ⓘ Gault site ⓘ Blackwater Draw site ⓘ
surface form:
Lehner Ranch site
Naco site ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Paleo-Indian period
ⓘ
surface form:
Paleo-Indians
early Native Americans ⓘ |
| associatedWithDebate |
Clovis-first hypothesis
ⓘ
first Americans model ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
distinctive fluted point technology
ⓘ
mobile hunter-gatherer bands ⓘ widespread geographic distribution ⓘ |
| chronologicalRelation |
follows pre-Clovis occupations (disputed)
ⓘ
precedes Folsom culture ⓘ precedes Plano cultures ⓘ |
| coreArea |
southwestern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
American Southwest
Eastern Woodlands ⓘ Great Plains ⓘ Rocky Mountain region ⓘ
surface form:
Rocky Mountains region
Southern United States ⓘ
surface form:
Southeastern United States
|
| discoveredAt | Blackwater Draw site ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Edgar B. Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economy |
big-game hunting
ⓘ
foraging ⓘ |
| endTime | circa 12,800 years ago ⓘ |
| firstDescribed | 1930s ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasNotableArtifact |
Clovis culture
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Clovis point
fluted projectile point ⓘ stone spear point ⓘ |
| hunted |
Pleistocene megafauna
ⓘ
bison ⓘ mammoth ⓘ mastodon ⓘ |
| locatedIn | North America ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
chalcedony
ⓘ
high-quality chert ⓘ obsidian ⓘ other fine-grained lithic materials ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Clovis, New Mexico ⓘ |
| startTime | circa 13,500 years ago ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Late Pleistocene
ⓘ
end of the last Ice Age ⓘ |
| toolTechnology |
blade technology
ⓘ
bone and ivory tools ⓘ fluted bifacial points ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Folsom culture
this entity surface form:
Dalton culture
this entity surface form:
Clovis point
this entity surface form:
Clovis points