Cumberland culture
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The Cumberland culture was an early North American Paleoindian group known for its distinctive fluted spear points and big-game hunting traditions in the Southeastern United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cumberland culture canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Paleoindian culture
ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ prehistoric culture ⓘ |
| associatedWithFauna | Pleistocene megafauna ⓘ |
| chronologicallyRelatedTo |
Clovis culture
ⓘ
Folsom culture ⓘ |
| economy |
big-game hunting
ⓘ
foraging ⓘ |
| environmentalContext |
late-glacial environments of the Southeast
ⓘ
transitional Pleistocene–Holocene climate ⓘ |
| hasApproximateDateRange |
circa 11,000–10,000 years before present
ⓘ
late Pleistocene ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalEvidenceType |
kill sites
ⓘ
lithic workshops ⓘ surface scatters of lithic artifacts ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContinuityQuestion | relationship to later Archaic cultures debated by archaeologists ⓘ |
| hasHuntingTechnology | spear and atlatl system ⓘ |
| hasProjectilePointCharacteristic |
deep basal concavity
ⓘ
ground basal edges ⓘ lanceolate blade shape ⓘ prominent flutes ⓘ |
| hasSettlementPattern | small, mobile bands ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod | Paleoindian period ⓘ |
| knownFor |
big-game hunting traditions
ⓘ
distinctive fluted spear points ⓘ |
| lithicTechnology |
bifacial thinning
ⓘ
fluted projectile points ⓘ overshot flaking ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alabama
ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ Kentucky ⓘ Mississippi ⓘ South Carolina ⓘ Southern United States ⓘ
surface form:
Southeastern United States
Tennessee ⓘ |
| mobilityPattern |
high residential mobility
ⓘ
hunter-gatherer land-use ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Cumberland River ⓘ |
| populationType | hunter-gatherers ⓘ |
| rawMaterial |
flint
ⓘ
high-quality chert ⓘ |
| regionalVariantOf | Eastern fluted point traditions ⓘ |
| researchField | Paleoindian archaeology ⓘ |
| toolType | Cumberland point ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.