Agate Basin complex

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The Agate Basin complex is an early Paleoindian archaeological culture of the North American Great Plains, best known for its distinctive lanceolate stone projectile points and bison-hunting adaptations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Paleoindian archaeological culture
archaeological culture
associatedWithFauna Bison antiquus NERFINISHED
Pleistocene bison
associatedWithSettlementPattern high-mobility hunter-gatherers GENERATED
associatedWithSubsistence bison hunting GENERATED
large-game hunting GENERATED
associatedWithTimePeriod Late Pleistocene
early Holocene
terminal Pleistocene
associatedWithToolType bifacial knives GENERATED
end scrapers GENERATED
flake tools GENERATED
gravers GENERATED
side scrapers GENERATED
chronologicallyRelatedTo Cody complex
Folsom complex NERFINISHED
Hell Gap complex NERFINISHED
culturePeriod early Paleoindian
follows Folsom complex NERFINISHED
foundInStateOrProvince Alberta NERFINISHED
Colorado NERFINISHED
Montana NERFINISHED
North Dakota NERFINISHED
Saskatchewan NERFINISHED
South Dakota NERFINISHED
Wyoming NERFINISHED
hasApproxCalendarAgeRange approximately 12,600–11,200 cal BP
hasBaseShape slightly concave base
straight base
hasDiagnosticArtifact Agate Basin projectile point
lanceolate projectile point
unfluted lanceolate point
hasHaftElement ground basal edges
hasRadiocarbonAgeRange approximately 10,500–10,000 radiocarbon years BP
hasTechnologyFeature basal grinding
bifacial thinning
careful edge retouch
parallel-oblique flaking
hasTypeSite Agate Basin site NERFINISHED
locatedInCountry Canada
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedInRegion High Plains NERFINISHED
North American Great Plains NERFINISHED
namedAfter Agate Basin site NERFINISHED
precedes Hell Gap complex NERFINISHED
studiedInDiscipline North American archaeology
Paleoindian archaeology
typeSiteLocatedIn Wyoming NERFINISHED
eastern Wyoming

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Plano cultures hasSubgroup Agate Basin complex