Clovis culture

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/clovis-culture

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1. What is the chronological placement?Late Pleistocene epoch, approximately 13,500 to 12,800 years before present
2. What is the geographic extent?Widespread across North America, including the United States, Canada, and Mexico
3. What were Clovis people known for?Clovis people were famous for making special stone tools, especially fluted projectile points that helped them hunt big animals.
4. Why were Clovis projectile points special?The points had a channel from the base that made them lighter and easier to attach to spear shafts.

Pleistocene epoch: A geological epoch characterized by repeated glaciations and the presence of large mammals.
Paleo-Indian: The earliest inhabitants of the Americas, dating from the late Pleistocene to the early Holocene.
Lithic reduction: The process of shaping stone tools by removing flakes.
Megalithic: Relating to or denoting large prehistoric structures made of stone.