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.
Statements (50)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.