FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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It’s a sharpened stone tool, and it tells us that humans have been on the North American continent for at least 13, 500 years
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Clovis points are the name archaeologists gave to small coin-like tokens made of shells; it suggests that ancient North Americans used trade currencies
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Clovis Point is a mesa in New Mexico that functions as a giant sundial; it tells us that ancient North American peoples used the sun to navigate
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The first clear evidence of human activity in North America are spear heads like this. They are called Clovis points. These spear tips were used to hunt large game. The period of the Clovis people coincides with the extinction of mammoths, giant sloth, camels and giant bison in North America.
Detailed explanation-2: -Clovis points are lance-shaped, partially fluted, and used for killing mammoths and other very large game (see Clovis complex).
Detailed explanation-3: -The Clovis First hypothesis states that no humans existed in the Americas prior to Clovis, which dates from 13, 000 years ago, and that the distinct Clovis lithic technology is the mother technology of all other stone artifact types later occurring in the New World.
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. link between the points from the two archaeological sites remained unknown.