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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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This Clovis culture was assumed to have lasted from about 12,000 BP (years before present) to about 10,000 BP.
The current debate about the origins of the Paleoindians of America by Schiffner, Daniel C. / Journal of Social History
Clovis culture may have flourished first in the southeastern United States and then spread westward, McAvoy proposes.
Early New World Settlers Rise in East by Bower, B. / Science News
But the Alaska discovery is not as old as the 11,500-year-old human bones from what is called the Clovis culture, which ranged between Wyoming and New Mexico.
HUMAN BONES FOUND IN ALASKA SUPPORT MIGRATION THEORY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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