ANTHROP 4E03 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Hudson Bay Lowlands, Jack Pine, Paleo-Indians
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Around 20,000 years ago or 18,000 bce archaeological evidence suggests that some of the first people in the americas arrived along the west coast some 20,000 years ago. They spread rapidly eastward across the continents, bringing with them a long tradition of stone-tool use. Despite their shared origin, the toolkits of the early peoples of south america and eastern north. 15,000 years ago ontario began to emerge from melting glaciers; ice began to retreat (pp. 21, 15,000-12,000 years ago people arrived in canada during this time, which coincides with the end of the last ice age (pg. 205). 13,500 years ago inception date for clovis; points styles are not usually called by the names of. Some 13,000 years ago or around 11,000 bce - the highly mobile hunters and gatherers known as the clovis groups began to adapt to a wide variety of environment across the. They were skilled flintknappers, creating lance heads with a channel or flute" on each face.