Clovis

Module 9 Key Terms Feudalism Feudalism refers to a combination of military and legal customs in European medieval and aristocratic knights that flourished between the 9th and 15th century. It explains a set of both military and judicial responsibilities among warriors, revolving around three centers, that is the vassals, lords, and fiefs/land. Feudalism does not only incorporate the seizure of the land or the kings but also concentrates on the sovereignty of the state to exercise the feudal…

Earliest People; Tests Hint Campsite is 15,000 Years Old states that blade-like stone tools were found at a lower level of the Cactus Hill dig site. However, these tools did not closely resemble the Clovis spear points that were found there before, and were dated father back in time. “Welcome to the pre- Clovis world,” said Dr. Dennis Stanford, using the new name for the people from the time of the…

Clovis I ruled from 481 to 511 A.D., and was the first king to convert to Catholicism. After Clovis, died his sons divided the kingdom among themselves and eventually these kingdoms were split into many more kingdoms. The kings fought amongst themselves and much of the royal duties were given to people…

As we established in class, the key tenets of civilizations are a written and spoken language, city-state with a government, and a code of law. Following the collapse of the Roman Empire in West 476 AD, one can see these developments in three important civilizations. The Byzantine, Muslim, and the Frankish Kingdoms. The Byzantine Empire was the first of Rome's great heirs to civilization. In many ways, Byzantium was a continuance of Rome, as it was founded by the emperor Constantine in 324 AD.…

area each took a shot at the extensive kingdom and eventually, the Roman empire was weakened and finished off. Although the empire was gone, aspects of it were scattered throughout Europe. From around 481 to 511 AD, a Germanic leader by the name of Clovis began to unite a group of Germanic people, the Franks, under one empire and saw an opportunity to grow and flourish (Doc A). The Franks, and its leaders, all brought their knowledge and abilities to medieval Europe. Each ruler of the Germanic…

Age, sea levels were lower, exposing a land bridge between Siberia and Alaska known as Beringia. This land bridge eased the migration of humans from Asia to North America, providing a pathway for living in the Americas. Clovis points are distinct spear points associated with the Clovis culture, one of the earliest known Paleo-Indian cultures in North America. These projectile points, characterized by their unique shape, were used for hunting mammoths and other megafauna during the Pleistocene…

industry seen in the oldest Ushki Lake component included small, finely made, stemmed, bifacially flaked spear-points. Bifacial points are also a hallmark of the Clovis culture found in the New World” (The Past in Perspective). This offers evidence of a new assembly of stone tools in the Americas at their earliest known horizon. Clovis tools span over an area spread out from its hypothetical origin point in Northeast Asia to Southern South America, having the exclusive distinction in the…

Essay Answer for Question #1 Archaeologists set out to investigate the secrets of our past by examining the evolution of cultures that increase our knowledge and “understanding of formal and structural change in cultural systems” (Binford 425). To answer these antecedent questions, archaeologists must first sift through and analyze the important artifacts, ecofacts, and features that are found at their archeological sites., and find, categorize, and interpret the materials and findings at…

information gathered from early human sites in the Americas closely resembles those from Asia rather than from Europe. Lastly, the Clovis people are said to rely on fish and other mammals while the Solutrean people were land-dwelling hunters and gathers. 4. There are many theories on who actually discovered the Americas if it was not Columbus. Most believe the Clovis people discovered the Americas after traveling along the ice bridge connecting Asia and America. On the other…

On Wednesday July 6, a new mobile app by Nintendo was released. A few days after its release on Sunday July 10 in Clovis two teenagers were so preoccupied with looking for Pokemon that they became victims of a robbery (Fan). Hundreds of players are wandering into traffic, around parks after hours, private property, cemeteries, churches, and different towns by either driving or walking in search for new Pokemon or to stop at poke stops to increase their inventory. “Pokemon Go markets itself as a…