Clovis

Of course, that might just mean that the Clovis people had not quite exterminated bison before they, themselves, disappeared.

The 'Clovis First' theory, which many scientists swore to just a few years back, has finally been buried with the conclusions of this study.

The discovery at Clovis was one of the most dramatic leaps forward in our understanding of the history of the Americas.

Clovis man could be considered one of Americans earliest civilizations.

One is to look for evidence of population bottlenecks in other species, especially animals that were not hunted by the Clovis people.

surely you aren't going to do stupid things withdisappearing coins? 'said Clovis. 'We want to see somethingreally surprising. '

But Dr Kennett notes that present-day bison are not like the ones the Clovis people hunted.

It is not clear whether the Clovis people were one unified tribe or whether there were many tribes related by common technology and belief.

For 80 years, it has been argued that the Clovis culture was the first to sweep into the New World.

People could experiment with stone and invent the weapons and tools that would potentially become recognizable as Clovis.

But not a single Clovis point has turned up in Siberia.

'If this animal is really Mrs Hampton, 'said Clovis, 'she's just had an excellent dinner. She won't be interested infood. '

A characteristic arrow point was found and first described near the present day town of Clovis, NM.

In other words, [these tools represent] the type of assemblage from which Clovis could emerge.

The successor of the Clovis culture, the Folsom culture, is also defined by its arrowheads.

It was this warming that gave the Clovis people and their prey a chance to thrive.

And so the makers of these stone points, the people who hunted with them, are known as Clovis people.

The Clovis people of North America crafted speartips with deep grooves that made wounds bleed freely.

Previously the first indications of mastodon hunting were associated with the 'Clovis culture' which emerged some 1, 000 years later.

There is considerable controversy about Pre-Clovis settlement of North and South America.

The discovery provides ample time for Clovis to develop.

Moreover, Solutrean culture ended 17, 000 years ago, at least 5, 000 years before the first evidence of Clovis culture.

The Clovis First thing has been dead for a good 10 years.

Clovis people, he thinks, came from Europe--arriving 15, 000 years before Columbus, and by boat.

'I don't think Mr Hampton would like that, 'said Clovis.

The Clovis culture disappears dramatically from the archaeological record 12, 900 years ago.

What we're suggesting is the declines happened before the Clovis toolkit was adopted.

This is the new American world of the Clovis points.

in the reign of Clovis's grandchildren

Clovis point (made over 13, 000 years ago). Stone spearhead found in Arizona