The Clovis culture is among the earliest well-documented human cultures in the Americas.

Known for their distinctive spear points, the Clovis people were hunter-gatherers who may have specialized in the hunting of megafauna, especially mammoths, but also bison and other big game.

Clovis archaeological sites are widespread from southern Canada to northern Mexico. They show that the culture was well established by 13,000 years ago. This was near the end of the Pleistocene Epoch, when the environment was drying, forcing mammoths to stay near reliable water sources.

On the Colorado Plateau, near Cedar Ridge in Utah, the Lime Ridge site shows evidence of tool replenishment — Clovis point manufacture and repair. It’s located near springs that would have been attractive to mammoths and other g

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