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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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archaeology archeology Paleo-American culture Paleo-Amerind culture Paleo-Indian culture			The Clovis people of North America crafted speartips with deep grooves that made wounds bleed freely. Sophisticated hunters not to blame for driving mammoths to extinction by Asian News International [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 13,600 years ago The Clovis people, for a long time regarded as the first human inhabitants of North America and ancestors of all of its indigenous cultures, hunted mammoths in America with their distinctively fluted stone points. Back story by Science News The Clovis people lived off of hunting and gathering in an area across what is now the United States, Mexico and Central America. Diamond dust shows comets hit 12,900 years ago: study by AFP / AFP Global Edition			Clove hook Clove nutmeg clove oil clove pink clove tree clove-scented Clovelly cloven cloven foot cloven hoof cloven-footed cloven-hoofed clover clover fern Clover weevil Clover worm clover-leaf roll clover-root Clovered cloverleaf cloverleaf aerial cloveroot Clovis Clovis culture Clovis I Clovis people clovis point Clowder Clowe-gilofre clown clown anemone clown anemone fish clown around clown fish Clownage Clownery clowning clownish Clownishness clownlike cloxacillin cloy cloying cloyingly Cloyless Cloyment clozapine Clozaril cloze cloze procedure cloze test			cloverleaves cloveroot Clovers Clovers Clovers Clovers Cloverway International Cloves Cloves Cloves Clovio, Giorgio Giulio Clovis Clovis Clovis Cannon AFB, New Mexico, United States Clovis Community Band Clovis Complex Clovis Complex Clovis culture Clovis culture Clovis Firefighters Association Clovis First Clovis First Clovis High School Clovis I Clovis I Clovis I of France Clovis I of France Clovis Junior Soccer League Clovis Man Clovis Man Clovis people Clovis point Clovis points Clovis the Great Clovis the Great Clovis theory Clovis theory Clovis tradition Clovis tradition Clovis Unified School District Clovis West High School Clovis, NM, USA CLOVS Clow Card Cloward technique clowder Clowe-gilofre clown clown clown clown clown clown anemone clown anemone fish clown around clown around Clown beetle clown fish Clown Hall of Fame Clown Kitch Compagnie Clown Lips

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Clovis culture (redirected from Clovis people)

Clovis culture
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