Cody complex

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The Cody complex is an early Holocene North American Paleoindian cultural tradition known for its distinctive Cody knife and other specialized bison-hunting tools.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Paleoindian cultural tradition
archaeological culture
archaeologicalEvidence butchering sites
camp sites
kill sites
associatedArtifact Cody knife
Cody projectile point
associatedWith North America NERFINISHED
chronologicalPosition later than Clovis culture
later than Folsom tradition
culturalRegion Plains Paleoindian tradition NERFINISHED
economicFocus bison hunting
environmentalContext post-glacial grassland environments
geographicDistribution Great Plains NERFINISHED
High Plains NERFINISHED
western North America
huntingMethod mass bison kill techniques
knownFor Cody knife NERFINISHED
specialized bison-hunting tools
lithicTechnology bifacial thinning
careful pressure flaking
edge grinding
primaryPrey Bison antiquus NERFINISHED
researchField North American archaeology
Paleoindian studies
subsistenceStrategy specialized big-game hunting
timePeriod Paleoindian period
early Holocene
toolType bifacial tools
knives
projectile points
scrapers

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Plano cultures hasSubgroup Cody complex