AI and Intelligent Systems: Engineering, Medicine & Society(AIISEMS)

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Publications

• Research Article   
  The Social Groups and Decline of a Southwestern Clovis Network
  Author(s): M. A. Wendorf*
  
  Background: The Clovis technocomplex of North America is reminiscent of the Upper Paleolithic industries of Eurasia, but has notable differences [1]. Clovis may have lasted from ca. 13,050 to 12,750 years ago, though some Clovis manifestations may date from about 13,500 years ago [2,3]. Clovis is particularly well known from Southeastern Arizona where a number of Mammoth kill sites have been found including Murray Springs, Lehner Ranch, and Naco [4-7]. Objective: The objective of this research was to map a network that extended across southeastern Arizona, Southwestern New Mexico, and northern Sonora, Mexico and to show how this network responded to environmental change. Methods: Network nodes were Clovis assemblages or stone quarry sites that had been visited by Clovis and links were identified by lithic raw mater.. Read More»
  

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