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Clovis culture
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Noun1.Clovis culture - the Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America; distinguished chiefly by sharp fluted projectile points made of obsidian or chalcedony
archaeology, archeology - the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures
Paleo-American culture, Paleo-Amerind culture, Paleo-Indian culture - the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America


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The previous theory, known as the Clovis First Model, comes from Clovis Points, huge weapons used to hunt mammoths and mastodons whichwere found all over the American continent.
 
 
 
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