Dent site
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Dent site is a significant Paleoindian archaeological location in Colorado known for yielding Clovis culture artifacts and mammoth remains.
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Clovis culture site
ⓘ
Paleoindian site ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Paleoindian big-game hunting debate
ⓘ
peopling of the Americas research ⓘ |
| category |
Clovis archaeological sites
ⓘ
Paleoindian archaeological sites in Colorado ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culture | Clovis culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Harold J. Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 1932 ⓘ |
| environment | fossil alluvial fan setting ⓘ |
| estimatedAge | approximately 11,000–11,500 years before present ⓘ |
| evidenceFor |
Paleoindian mammoth hunting
ⓘ
human modification of megafauna bones ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
E. B. Renaud
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frank H. H. Roberts Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| faunalRemains | Columbian mammoth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalFind |
Clovis projectile points
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
bone tools ⓘ butchered mammoth remains ⓘ mammoth bones ⓘ stone tools ⓘ |
| hasReference | Smithsonian Institution studies of Clovis sites ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Clovis culture artifacts
ⓘ
association of Clovis points with mammoth bones ⓘ early evidence of big-game hunting in North America ⓘ mammoth remains ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado
ⓘ
Weld County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| management | subject to archaeological protection laws in Colorado ⓘ |
| near | town of Dent, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Great Plains ⓘ |
| significance |
helped establish antiquity of human occupation in North America
ⓘ
key reference site for Clovis technology ⓘ |
| stratigraphy | Pleistocene alluvial deposits ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Late Pleistocene ⓘ |
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