Clovis

The earliest identifiable Indian culture of North America - hunter-gatherers exploiting the mammoth herds of the plains towards the end of the last glaciation, c.10 000–9000 BC. It is characterized archaeologically by bifacially-flaked spear points found across the USA, notably near Clovis, New Mexico, in 1963.

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See Also

Folsom, Hunter–gatherers


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