Clovis culture
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clovis-culture-164-939556
title:
Clovis culture
text:
The Clovis culture is an archaeological culture from the Paleoindian period of North America, spanning around 13,050 to 12,750 years Before Present (BP). The type site is Blackwater Draw locality No. 1 near Clovis, New Mexico, where stone tools were found alongside the remains of Columbian mammoths in 1929. Clovis sites have been found across North America. The most distinctive part of the Clovis culture toolkit are Clovis points, which are projectile points with a fluted, lanceolate shape. Clov
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encyclopedia
description:
Prehistoric culture in the Americas c. 11,100–10,800 BCE
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clovis_culture
date created:
2004-06-01T14:54:13Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T18:17:54Z
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