Clovis culture still much to be learned

I will discuss the Clovis cultural complex to the best of my abilities due to the lack of solid evidence to indicate how this culture functioned. The basic nature of this complex and some key terms, sites and artifacts that are crucial to this complex, and how this complex became so wide spread in such a short time. Also I will discuss some cultures that came about in direct relationship to the Clovis complex. I will also touch on the evidence of mammoth hunting found only in the Clovis Complex and the projectile points and spear points found that indicate such hunting.
The Clovis cultural complex appeared sometime around 11,500 years before present and has been though to go as far 13,000 years before present. The name was given to this complex due to a site that was found near Clovis New Mexico. This culture is thought to be the oldest culture to inhabit North America. These people, thought to be indigenous people of other lands, came over the Barring Strait from Siberia to Alaska. This has been argued though due to the fact that some of the points found in the south (near or in New Mexico) are dated older than the points found in the north like in the Buttermilk creek site in Texas. This cultural complex is one we know the littlest about so there is room for speculation.
Some of the most information we have been able to determine about this culture is through the points that have been found. The points are very distinct stone spear points, generally fluted on both sides and bifacial. These points are thought to have been used to kill mammoths, thought that is open to interpretation. The reason that some archeologists think that these points were used in this fashion is because many Clovis points were found at sites that contain mammoth bones. Also Clovis points are some of the largest point to be found on this continent and due to the size of mammoths this makes sense.
There is a lot of room for speculation of why this culture spread so quickly, one of the theories is that they had very successful hunting strategies. Another theory is that this culture may not have migrated from only one point into this continent thought this is yet to be proven. However you look at this culture their migratory strategies were vast and worked well seeing that they colonized north and south within one thousand years. This culture gave way too many cultures that followed such as Folsom and Plainview-Goshen.
With so little to go on, in terms of artifacts and definite migratory patterns, it is hard to state one hundred percent fact about this intriguing culture. One thing is for certain though; this culture has a lot to offer the archeological record and is one that will be studied for many years to come. From hunting strategies and the weapons use to the cultures that followed in the footsteps of the Clovis people there is much to be learned.
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