Re: Clovis and Richard Firestone, a nuclear scientist at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Roger Bagula wrote:

> While scientists ponder where Clovis culture came from, others are
> trying to explain where it went. Based on the tools by which we know
> them, Clovis people took the country by storm in a matter of a few
> centuries ? and then faded quickly from the archaeological record.

What makes the most sense to me, is that the America's
were sparsely populated prior to the deveolopement
of the fluted point, which occured around the Gulf of Mexico.
The technological advancement made it easier to hunt elephants,
the use of the weapon spread, and those who used it, prospered.

The oldest and greatest variety of Clovis points are around the gulf.

There were no arrows in America during the time of Clovis,
unlike in the old world.
It makes sense that javelin and atlatl technology
would progress further here, than there.

--
pete
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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Absolutely Bonkers
    ... >>North America might be an exception to this - IIRC, ... >>extinctions correspond in time with the Clovis culture, ... and not to have emphasized hunting. ...
    (talk.origins)
  • Re: First Americans
    ... Americas starting the first moments he was capable ... struggled along without Clovis culture. ... Have Clovis points been discovered in Northern Asia? ...
    (talk.origins)
  • Re: Absolutely Bonkers
    ... >North America might be an exception to this - IIRC, ... >extinctions correspond in time with the Clovis culture, ... and not to have emphasized hunting. ...
    (talk.origins)
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