Paleo-Indian period

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archaeological period cultural period prehistoric period

The Paleo-Indian period is the earliest known phase of human habitation in the Americas, characterized by nomadic hunter-gatherer groups who used distinctive stone tools to hunt now-extinct megafauna.

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Label Occurrences
Paleo-Indians 2
Late Paleoindian 1
Late Paleoindian period 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological period ⓘ
cultural period ⓘ
prehistoric period ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Palaeo-Indian period ⓘ
Paleoamerican period ⓘ
Paleoindian period ⓘ
associatedWith Anzick site ⓘ
Beringian standstill hypothesis ⓘ
Blackwater Draw site ⓘ
Cactus Hill site ⓘ
Clovis culture ⓘ
Cumberland culture ⓘ
Clovis culture ⓘ
surface form: Dalton culture

Clovis culture ⓘ
surface form: Folsom culture

Gault site ⓘ
Late Pleistocene extinctions ⓘ
Lindenmeier site ⓘ
Meadowcroft Rockshelter ⓘ
Monte Verde site ⓘ
Plano cultures ⓘ
peopling of the Americas ⓘ
characterizedBy big-game hunting ⓘ
exploitation of now-extinct megafauna ⓘ
nomadic hunter-gatherer lifeways ⓘ
small highly mobile bands ⓘ
use of distinctive stone tools ⓘ
climateContext Late Glacial Maximum retreat ⓘ
end of the last Ice Age ⓘ
economicActivity gathering of wild plants ⓘ
hunting of giant bison ⓘ
hunting of mammoth ⓘ
hunting of mastodon ⓘ
endTime approximately 8,000 BCE ⓘ
early Holocene ⓘ
follows initial human migration into the Americas ⓘ
locatedIn Americas ⓘ
Central America ⓘ
North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
mobilityPattern high residential mobility ⓘ
seasonal migration ⓘ
partOf prehistory of the Americas ⓘ
populationType hunter-gatherers ⓘ
precedes Archaic period in the Americas ⓘ
researchField Quaternary studies ⓘ
archaeology of the Americas ⓘ
paleoanthropology ⓘ
socialOrganization small kin-based bands ⓘ
startTime Late Pleistocene ⓘ
approximately 15,000 years ago ⓘ
usesToolMaterial chert ⓘ
flint ⓘ
obsidian ⓘ
usesToolType Clovis points ⓘ
Folsom points ⓘ
bifacial knives ⓘ
fluted projectile points ⓘ
scrapers ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pre-Columbian era → hasSubperiod → Paleo-Indian period ⓘ
Native Americans → timeDepth → Paleo-Indian period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Woodland period
Bering Land Bridge → usedBy → Paleo-Indian period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paleo-Indians
Clovis culture → associatedWith → Paleo-Indian period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paleo-Indians
Plano cultures → timePeriod → Paleo-Indian period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Late Paleoindian period
Monte Verde site → associatedWith → Paleo-Indian period ⓘ
subject surface form: Monte Verde II
this entity surface form: pre-Clovis culture
Cactus Hill site → hasArchaeologicalCulture → Paleo-Indian period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Late Paleoindian