Paleo-Indian culture


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Noun1.Paleo-Indian culture - the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America
Paleo-American culture, Paleo-Amerind culture
culture, civilisation, civilization - a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"
Clovis culture - the Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America; distinguished chiefly by sharp fluted projectile points made of obsidian or chalcedony
Folsom culture - the Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America; distinguished chiefly by a thin finely made flint projectile point having the shape of a leaf
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The baby was covered in red ochre and buried on a hillside along with more than 100 stone and bone tools characteristic of Clovis people, a Paleo-Indian culture that was widespread in North America at the time.
Native American ancestry unveiled: DNA from skeleton shows tribes come from one population

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