During the Paleoindian period, mammoths, mastodons, and an ancient form of bison were among the most commonly hunted large game.
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Paleo Indian refers to the small bands of nomadic people who first populated North America. Paleo Indian sites are often found on the outskirts of what used to be large bodies of water such as old glacial lakes and rivers. Perhaps they camped at the water's edge hoping to hunt the animals that went there to drink.
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www.wvculture.org/shpo/paleo.html
www.wvculture.org/shpo/paleo.html
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It is safe to assume that Paleo-Indians were present in Beringia — the Their main sources of food were widely scattered or mobile and seasonal so they...
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www.panhandlenation.com/history/prehistory/clovis.htm
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Cambridge, MA: Westview Press, 2005. "This provocative view of human evolution suggests that the countless adaptations, from larger brains to speech, that have allowed our species to survive stem from a considerably more vulnerable position on the food chain than we might like to imagine. The Paleo-Indians;
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www.discoverseaz.com/History/PaleoInd.html
www.discoverseaz.com/History/PaleoInd.html
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Possibly the oldest of the known Paleo-Indian spear tips, the 12,000- to 15,000-year-old Clovis points have since been found not only throughout our western deserts but across the northern hemisphere.
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www.desertusa.com/ind1/du_peo_paleo.html
www.desertusa.com/ind1/du_peo_paleo.html
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United States History question: What kind of food do paleo indians eat? The Paleo-Indians hunted and gathered berries,nuts,corn,fish,mamoths they had to be...
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Many archaeologists believe that the damp, biologically diverse marshes along the shores of lakes and slow streams supplied the richest sources of food and shelter for ancient peoples who chose sedentary lifestyles. Moreover, the Paleo-Indian culture spread throughout the region. Paleo-Indian traders carried goods...
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Clovis points such as this one from the Center for American Archaeology in Kampsville, IL were used to hunt mastodons and other large game during the Paleo Indian Period.
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www.tauntonriver.org/paleo.htm
www.tauntonriver.org/paleo.htm
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The best diagnostic archeological evidence for these early Paleoindian bands are long, fluted chipped stone projectile (likely spear) points. These early points are named "Clovis" after the Clovis, New Mexico archeological site where Kennewick Man and other Paleo discussions from the Smithsonian's Arctic Studies Center...
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www.cr.nps.gov/seac/paleoind.htm
www.cr.nps.gov/seac/paleoind.htm
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