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Reciprocity |
the practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit- Indians believed relationships worked that way, especially the religious relationshipsberingia |
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Beringia |
the land bridge that existed between Alaska and Siberia that enabled migration of humans and animals to North America Where was an ice age (75,000-85000 BC) over Canada and half of the US which caused the sea levels to drop drastically. The land that was once covered by water between Alaska and Siberia was not uncovered and formed a land bridge. Animals and people crossed over the land bridge into the "new world". At this pointing time, there was an ice corredor that they were able to walk through, through Canada and into what is not the US. |
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Paleo-Indians. |
of, relating to, or characteristic of a New World cultural stage, c22, 000–6000 b.c., distinguished by fluted-point tools and cooperative hunting methods; a member of the North American Indian people of this cultural stage, who are believed to have migrated originally from Asia and are known to have been expert big-game hunters. |
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Clovis Projectile Point |
Clovis points are the characteristically-fluted projectile points associated with the North American Clovis culture. They date to the Paleoindian period. Clovis fluted points are named after the city of Clovis, New Mexico, where examples were first found. |
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Buttermilk creek/Gault Site |
refers to the remains of a paleolithic settlement along the shores of Buttermilk Creek dated to approximately 15,500 years old. If confirmed, the site represents evidence of human settlement in the Americas that pre-dates Clovis culture. |
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Buttermilk creek/Gault Site |
refers to the remains of a paleolithic settlement along the shores of Buttermilk Creek dated to approximately 15,500 years old. If confirmed, the site represents evidence of human settlement in the Americas that pre-dates Clovis culture. |
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Folsom Point |
Folsom points are found widely across North America and are dated to the period between 9500 BCE and 8000 BCE. The discovery of these artifacts in the early 20th century raised questions about when the first humans arrived in North America. The prevailing idea of a time depth of about 3,000 years was clearly mistaken. |
