Plano
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Colorado, Wyoming
- Date: 8000-5000
The Plano tradition, dating 8000 and 5000 b.c.e., represents the last period of the hunting of now-extinct large Pleistocene mammals, especially giant bison, in North America. It is preceded by the Clovis (9500 to 9000 b.c.e.) and the Folsom (9000 to 8200 b.c.e.) periods, although Folsom and Plano are usually discussed together. Sites of this tradition are found over a wide area of North America, ranging from Alaska to Texas.
While Clovis peoples hunted mammoth, Folsom/Plano subsistence was oriented toward the pursuit of the now-extinct giant longhorn bison (Bison...
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