Once early Native Americans crossed into the Americas begins the Paleo- Indian Period. This period is the oldest culture of Native Americans. The Paleoindians were hunter gatherers. They hunted local megafauna in the region. Such megafauna included mammoths, dire wolves, mastodons, short faced bears, and ground sloths (Geggle, Laura). Paleoindians were nomadic and followed animal migrations. They used chert to make their tools. Paleoindians relied on core-tool technology from chert and flint they made spear points, scrapers, and gravers. They were most known for fluted points, also known as a Clovis point (Morrow, Juliet). While there were several groups of early Paleoindians the most well-known are the Clovis people. The Clovis people utilized
