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  2. Paleo-Indians - Wikipedia

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    The Paleo-Indians, also known as the Lithic peoples, are the earliest known settlers of the Americas; the period's name, the Lithic stage, derives from the appearance of lithic flaked stone tools. Paleo-Indians were the first peoples who entered and subsequently inhabited the Americas towards the end of the Late Pleistocene period.

  3. Category:Paleo-Indian period - Wikipedia

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    The term "Paleo-Indians" applies specifically to the lithic period in the Western Hemisphere and is distinct from the term "Paleolithic". The population of the era consisted of small isolated groups of hunter-gatherers , who are thought to have crossed the Bering Strait from North Asia .

  4. Lithic period in Mesoamerica - Wikipedia

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    In the History of Mesoamerica, the stage known as the Paleo-Indian period (or alternatively, the Lithic stage) is the era in the scheme of Mesoamerican chronology which begins with the very first indications of human habitation within the Mesoamerican region, and continues until the general onset of the development of agriculture and other proto-civilisation traits.

  5. Category:Paleo-Indian people - Wikipedia

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    Paleo-Indian individual persons primarily known through their remains. Pages in category "Paleo-Indian people" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.

  6. North America's Forgotten Past - Wikipedia

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    People of the Fire (ISBN 978-0-8125-2150-4, 1991) dramatizes the transition of Native American culture from Paleo-Indian to Archaic as a result of climatic warming, set in the High Plains and Western Rockies region. It is the second book in North America's Forgotten Past series.

  7. Lithic stage - Wikipedia

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    In North America, the time encompasses the Paleo-Indian period, which subsequently is divided into more specific time terms, such as Early Lithic stage or Early Paleo-Indians, and Middle Paleo-Indians or Middle Lithic stage. [6] Examples include the Clovis culture and Folsom tradition groups. The Lithic stage was followed by the Archaic stage.

  8. List of pre-Columbian cultures - Wikipedia

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    Paleo-Indians, c. 18,000–8000 BC Clovis; Folsom tradition; Plano cultures; Cody complex; Archaic Period, 8000–1000 BC Paleo-Arctic tradition, 8000–5000 BC, Alaska and Yukon; Watson Brake and Lower Mississippi Valley mounds sites, 3500 BC–2800 BC, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida

  9. Plano cultures - Wikipedia

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    The Plano cultures existed in the North American Arctic during the Paleo-Indian or Archaic period between 9000 BCE and 6000 BCE.The Plano cultures originated in the plains, but extended far beyond, from the Atlantic coast to modern-day British Columbia and as far north as the Northwest Territories.