Clovis Culture Rises in New Mexico
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Barbarians, Nomads, Prehistoric Humans
- Curriculum: American Indian History, American Pre-Colonial History (to 1606), Ancient History
- Geographical Location: New Mexico
- Date: c. 9500-c. 9000
Article abstract: The Clovis culture in New Mexico was one of the oldest Paleo-Indian cultures in prehistoric North America.
Summary of Event
The populating of North America began with a migration in which Homo sapiens traveled northward from Africa, Europe, and Asia, finally reaching present-day Siberia about 35,000 years ago. These hunters followed mammoths, musk oxen, and woolly rhinoceroses across Siberia, going farther north and east until they happened on a land bridge leading to the New World. Exactly when humans first crossed this bridge...
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