FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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Paleo
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Woodland
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Mississippian
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Detailed explanation-1: -Clovis points are the characteristically fluted projectile points associated with the New World Clovis culture, a prehistoric Paleo-American culture.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first people in North America arrived at least 14, 000 years ago. Archaeologists call this period of North American history Paleoindian, meaning ancient Indian. Paleoindian people left behind distinctive spear points, such as the ones seen here, and other kinds of stone tools at Illinois camp sites.
Detailed explanation-3: -Clovis points are lance-shaped, partially fluted, and used for killing mammoths and other very large game (see Clovis complex).
Detailed explanation-4: -points found in the Clovis archaeological site, located near Clovis, New Mexico, originated in Beringia and were carried south as people migrated.