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Archaic Period ... Paleo Indians were the first people in North America. Groups of several families moved seasonally to gather wild plant foods and hunt animals, including many now extinct Ice Age mammals - like the Mastodon (vertebrae pictured left).
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www.cherokeemuseum.org/html/collections_paleo.html
www.cherokeemuseum.org/html/collections_paleo.html
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Evidence of their descendants, the people of the Paleo-Indian period, is itself somewhat limited and has come almost exclusively from finds of lanceolate (leafshaped) projectile points discovered on the surface of the ground.
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www.uiowa.edu/~osa/learn/teachers/pamphlets/Paleo-4.pdf
www.uiowa.edu/~osa/learn/teachers/pamphlets/Paleo-4.pdf
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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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Paleo-Indian Period - First Settlement ... Until relatively recently, archaeologists generally characterized the societies of the North American Paleo-Indian period as Big-Game Hunting cultures, although it was assumed these societies also depended to some degree on gathered plant foods.
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www.cabrillo.edu/~crsmith/anth7_paleo.html
www.cabrillo.edu/~crsmith/anth7_paleo.html
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Evidence of Paleoindian period occupations has been found in Big South Fork National River And Recreation Area, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Mammoth Cave National Park, Ocmulgee National Monument, ... 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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The Paleo Indian time period was 10,000 to 8,500 B.C. Paleo Indians were very mobile so archeologists have not found any homes yet. They ate small game such as deer, rabbit and raccoons. They also hunted large game such as mamoths and mastadons, which are now extinct.
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www.caa-archeology.org/~caamicp/eastside/preind.html
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Florida Historical Contexts: The Paleoindian Period ... The environmental repercussions of climatic change and glacial melting provided a dynamic background for cultural response during the Paleoindian period, which lasted about five thousand years. The end of the Paleoindian way of life is difficult to...
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dhr.dos.state.fl.us/facts/reports/contexts/paleo.cfm
dhr.dos.state.fl.us/facts/reports/contexts/paleo.cfm
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Early Paleo-Indian Points ... The term "Paleo-Indian" means old or ancient Indians. ... For a more detailed description of Ontario Paleo-Indian sites see Dr. Chris Ellis's web page.
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www.ssc.uwo.ca/assoc/oas/points/paleo.html
www.ssc.uwo.ca/assoc/oas/points/paleo.html
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General, level 1, introduction and overview of the Palaeoindian Period ... Palaeo Period ... The Palaeo, or Palaeoindian, Period, is the earliest firmly established era of human activity in Manitoba.
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www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/anthropology/manarchnet...
www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/anthropology/manarchnet/chronology/paleoindian/index.html
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