Agate Basin complex

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The Agate Basin complex is an early Paleoindian archaeological culture of the North American Great Plains, best known for its distinctive lanceolate stone projectile points and bison-hunting adaptations.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Agate Basin complex canonical 2
Agate Basin site 2
Agate Basin area 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Paleoindian archaeological culture ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
associatedWithFauna Bison antiquus ⓘ
Pleistocene bison ⓘ
associatedWithSettlementPattern high-mobility hunter-gatherers ⓘ
associatedWithSubsistence bison hunting ⓘ
large-game hunting ⓘ
associatedWithTimePeriod Late Pleistocene ⓘ
early Holocene ⓘ
terminal Pleistocene ⓘ
associatedWithToolType bifacial knives ⓘ
end scrapers ⓘ
flake tools ⓘ
gravers ⓘ
side scrapers ⓘ
chronologicallyRelatedTo Cody complex ⓘ
Folsom complex ⓘ
Hell Gap complex ⓘ
culturePeriod early Paleoindian ⓘ
follows Folsom complex ⓘ
foundInStateOrProvince Alberta ⓘ
Colorado ⓘ
Montana ⓘ
North Dakota ⓘ
Saskatchewan ⓘ
South Dakota ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
hasApproxCalendarAgeRange approximately 12,600–11,200 cal BP ⓘ
hasBaseShape slightly concave base ⓘ
straight base ⓘ
hasDiagnosticArtifact Agate Basin projectile point ⓘ
lanceolate projectile point ⓘ
unfluted lanceolate point ⓘ
hasHaftElement ground basal edges ⓘ
hasRadiocarbonAgeRange approximately 10,500–10,000 radiocarbon years BP ⓘ
hasTechnologyFeature basal grinding ⓘ
bifacial thinning ⓘ
careful edge retouch ⓘ
parallel-oblique flaking ⓘ
hasTypeSite Agate Basin site ⓘ
linked to: Agate Basin complex
locatedInCountry Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedInRegion High Plains ⓘ
linked to: High Plains region

North American Great Plains ⓘ
linked to: Great Plains
namedAfter Agate Basin site ⓘ
linked to: Agate Basin complex
precedes Hell Gap complex ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline North American archaeology ⓘ
Paleoindian archaeology ⓘ
typeSiteLocatedIn Wyoming ⓘ
eastern Wyoming ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Plano cultures → hasSubgroup → Agate Basin complex ⓘ
Agate Basin complex → hasTypeSite → Agate Basin site ⓘ
linked to: Agate Basin complex
Agate Basin complex → namedAfter → Agate Basin site ⓘ
linked to: Agate Basin complex
Hell Gap complex → overlapsWith → Agate Basin complex ⓘ
Folsom culture → keySite → Agate Basin area ⓘ
linked to: Agate Basin complex