CLOVIS CULTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Clovis culture mean? 

• CLOVIS CULTURE (noun)
  The noun CLOVIS CULTURE has 1 sense:

1. the Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America; distinguished chiefly by sharp fluted projectile points made of obsidian or chalcedony

  Familiarity information: CLOVIS CULTURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOVIS CULTURE (noun)

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Meaning:

The Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America; distinguished chiefly by sharp fluted projectile points made of obsidian or chalcedony

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Clovis culture" is a kind of...):

Paleo-American culture; Paleo-Amerind culture; Paleo-Indian culture (the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America)

Domain category:

archaeology; archeology (the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures)