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Document Summary
Very important prehistoric site in the new world. Yielded billions of fossils, information about the environment through reconstruction, the different types of fossils: mammals, amphibians, insects, plants, birds, and one human. Nagpra: native american graves protection and repatriation act. Protects native american sites and returns collected artifacts. 1996, a site was found and police were called in b/c thought the body was recent. 5 native americans claimed the body as theirs. Hunter-gatherers, hunted mega-fauna and used local plant sources. Clovis points are fluted, or attached to a shaft. About 8kya, people began to settle down but not permanent. Some sites were small, but others were very large.
