Scottsbluff complex

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The Scottsbluff complex is an archaeological Paleoindian cultural tradition in North America, recognized for its distinctive stone projectile points and association with early hunter-gatherer lifeways.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf North American archaeological culture
Paleoindian cultural tradition
archaeological culture
hasAssociatedFauna Pleistocene megafauna
bison
hasAssociatedSubsistence big-game hunting
hunter-gatherer lifeway
hasAssociatedTechnology bifacial reduction
flaked stone technology
pressure flaking
hasCharacteristicArtifact Scottsbluff projectile point
bifacially flaked point
lanceolate point
stone projectile point
hasChronologicalRelation postdates Clovis tradition
postdates Folsom tradition
hasCulturalContext Paleoindian tradition
early North American hunter-gatherers
hasDiagnosticFeature basal grinding on points
parallel-oblique flaking on points
relatively straight to slightly convex blade edges
thick, robust point cross-section
hasEvidenceType camp sites
kill sites
lithic assemblages
hasGeographicLocation Great Plains NERFINISHED
North America NERFINISHED
hasRegionalRelation Great Plains Paleoindian complexes NERFINISHED
hasResearchTopic Paleoindian lithic technology
Paleoindian mobility patterns
Paleoindian subsistence strategies
hasTemporalContext Late Paleoindian period
Late Pleistocene
early Holocene NERFINISHED
hasTypeSite Scottsbluff, Nebraska area NERFINISHED
namedAfter Scottsbluff, Nebraska NERFINISHED
studiedInDiscipline Paleoindian archaeology
archaeology

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Plano cultures hasSubgroup Scottsbluff complex