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peoples. Discussion The history of Amerindians is not known with certainty. Its believed that approximately 15,000 years ago, the first "paleo-Indians" crossed the Bering Strait land bridge from Asia into
what is now Alaska ("Major Pre-Columbian Indian Cultures in the United States" hereafter "Major Pre-Columbian Cultures"). Approximately 11,200 years ago, the "Clovis Culture" arose; this culture is named for Clovis,
New Mexico, where the first artifacts were found ("Major Pre-Columbian Cultures"). The Clovis Culture was known for its "Clovis points" - "superbly crafted grooved or fluted stone projectiles" ("Major Pre-Columbian
Cultures"). One of the most famous of these cultures, Folsom Culture, developed approximately 10,900 years ago near Folsom, New Mexico; it was known for its fluted spear points which
were smaller, thinner and more fluted than the Clovis type ("Major Pre-Columbian Cultures"). Both of these cultures were hunters. Several hundred years later came the Plano or "Plainview Culture," which
is "named after the site in Plainview, Texas" ("Major Pre-Columbian Cultures"). These people hunted the bison which they killed by driving them over cliffs; they were the "first to use
grinding stones to grind seeds and meat" ("Major Pre-Columbian Cultures"). Two thousand years later, approximately 8,500 years ago, the Northwest Coastal Indian tribes developed; they were located along the "shores,
rivers and creeks of southeastern Alaska to northern California," and they were a "maritime culture" in which fishing, especially salmon, was important ("Major Pre-Columbian Cultures"). These Pacific Northwest cultures are
interesting because they developed independently and without the benefit of "agriculture, pottery, or influence of ancient Mexican civilization" ("Major Pre-Columbian Cultures"). Next came the Adena Culture (500 BC -
200 AD); they were located in Ohio and were the first mound builders; the Hohokam people (300-1300 AD) arose in present-day Arizona, and were desert farmers who grew corn, and
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