Clovis culture

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Clovis culture was an early Native American archaeological culture known for its distinctive fluted stone spear points and widespread presence across North America near the end of the last Ice Age.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Paleoindian culture ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
prehistoric culture ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Anzick site ⓘ
Blackwater Draw ⓘ
Dent site ⓘ
Gault site ⓘ
Lehner Ranch site ⓘ
Naco site ⓘ
associatedWith Paleo-Indians ⓘ
linked to: Paleo-Indian period

early Native Americans ⓘ
associatedWithDebate Clovis-first hypothesis ⓘ
first Americans model ⓘ
characterizedBy distinctive fluted point technology ⓘ
mobile hunter-gatherer bands ⓘ
widespread geographic distribution ⓘ
chronologicalRelation follows pre-Clovis occupations (disputed) ⓘ
precedes Folsom culture ⓘ
precedes Plano cultures ⓘ
coreArea American Southwest ⓘ
Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
Great Plains ⓘ
Rocky Mountains region ⓘ
Southeastern United States ⓘ
discoveredAt Blackwater Draw site ⓘ
discoveredBy Edgar B. Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ
economy big-game hunting ⓘ
foraging ⓘ
endTime circa 12,800 years ago ⓘ
firstDescribed 1930s ⓘ
foundIn Canada ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
United States ⓘ
hasNotableArtifact Clovis point ⓘ
linked to: Clovis culture

fluted projectile point ⓘ
stone spear point ⓘ
hunted Pleistocene megafauna ⓘ
bison ⓘ
mammoth ⓘ
mastodon ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
materialUsed chalcedony ⓘ
high-quality chert ⓘ
obsidian ⓘ
other fine-grained lithic materials ⓘ
namedAfter Clovis, New Mexico ⓘ
startTime circa 13,500 years ago ⓘ
timePeriod Late Pleistocene ⓘ
end of the last Ice Age ⓘ
toolTechnology blade technology ⓘ
bone and ivory tools ⓘ
fluted bifacial points ⓘ

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Paleo-Indian period → associatedWith → Clovis culture ⓘ
Paleo-Indian period → associatedWith → Folsom culture ⓘ
linked to: Clovis culture
Paleo-Indian period → associatedWith → Dalton culture ⓘ
linked to: Clovis culture
Clovis culture → hasNotableArtifact → Clovis point ⓘ
linked to: Clovis culture
Gault site → associatedWithCulture → Clovis culture ⓘ
Blackwater Draw site → hasFind → Clovis points ⓘ
linked to: Clovis culture
Anzick site → associatedWithCulture → Clovis culture ⓘ
Blackwater Draw Museum → focusesOn → Clovis culture ⓘ
Naco site → associatedWith → Clovis culture ⓘ
Naco site → knownFor → Clovis projectile points ⓘ
linked to: Clovis culture
Naco site → hasFind → Clovis points ⓘ
linked to: Clovis culture
Dent site → culture → Clovis culture ⓘ
Dent site → hasArchaeologicalFind → Clovis projectile points ⓘ
linked to: Clovis culture
Hell Gap complex → follows → Clovis culture ⓘ
Folsom culture → follows → Clovis culture ⓘ
Clovis-first debate → mainTopic → Clovis culture ⓘ
Clovis-first debate → relatedTo → Clovis culture ⓘ
Clovis-first debate → centralClaim → Clovis culture represents the earliest widespread human presence in the Americas ⓘ
linked to: Clovis culture
Blackwater Draw → hasSignificantCulture → Clovis culture ⓘ