Clovis era
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The Clovis era refers to an early Paleoindian period in North America, characterized by distinctive fluted stone spear points and associated with some of the continent’s earliest widespread human populations.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Paleoindian period
ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Paleoindians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early human populations in North America ⓘ |
| associatedWithFauna |
bison
ⓘ
mammoth ⓘ mastodon ⓘ |
| associatedWithSubsistence |
Pleistocene megafauna exploitation
GENERATED
ⓘ
big-game hunting GENERATED ⓘ |
| chronologicallyOverlaps | Younger Dryas onset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Folsom culture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
later Paleoindian complexes ⓘ |
| hasApproximateEndTime | circa 12,800 years ago ⓘ |
| hasApproximateStartTime | circa 13,500 years ago ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
distinctive stone spear points
ⓘ
fluted projectile points ⓘ widespread distribution ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPractice |
kill and butchery sites
ⓘ
long-distance raw material transport ⓘ specialized hunting camps ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceType |
faunal remains with butchery marks
ⓘ
lithic assemblages ⓘ |
| hasGeographicExtent |
American Southeast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
American Southwest NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Woodlands NERFINISHED ⓘ North American Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Canada ⓘ |
| hasKeySite |
Blackwater Draw site
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gault site NERFINISHED ⓘ Lindenmeier area (for transition to Folsom) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRawMaterial |
flint
ⓘ
high-quality chert ⓘ obsidian ⓘ |
| hasSettlementPattern |
high residential mobility
ⓘ
small, mobile bands ⓘ |
| hasTechnology |
advanced lithic reduction techniques
ⓘ
fluted bifacial point technology ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod | Late Pleistocene ⓘ |
| hasToolType |
blades
ⓘ
burins ⓘ scrapers ⓘ spear points ⓘ |
| hasTypeArtifact | Clovis point NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | North America ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Clovis, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | pre-Clovis occupations in the Americas ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Clovis-first hypothesis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
peopling of the Americas debate ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Paleoindian archaeology
ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ |
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