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.
Statements (32)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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