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PALEO-INDIAN CULTURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America
Synonyms:
Paleo-American culture; Paleo-Amerind culture; Paleo-Indian culture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Paleo-Indian culture" is a kind of...):
civilisation; civilization; culture (a particular society at a particular time and place)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Paleo-Indian culture"):
Clovis culture (the Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America; distinguished chiefly by sharp fluted projectile points made of obsidian or chalcedony)
Folsom culture (the Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America; distinguished chiefly by a thin finely made flint projectile point having the shape of a leaf)
