Envisioning a Western Clovis Ritual Complex

IF 1.6 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY PaleoAmerica Pub Date : 2021-06-16 DOI:10.1080/20555563.2021.1933334
M. Sutton
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ABSTRACT It is becoming increasingly apparent that the initial migrants into the Americas arrived via the Pacific coastal route prior to the inception of the Clovis complex. It further appears that these initial immigrants had non-Clovis technology and a generalized (or broad spectrum) economy with little use of the megafauna in their midst. Once developed, Clovis, marked by a different lithic technology, quickly spread over most of the Americas as far south as Panama, and is associated with the exploitation of proboscideans. This begs the question of why these animals were not exploited by the apparently earlier people. It is speculated herein that the seemingly abrupt appearance of Clovis, its focus on proboscideans, and its sudden demise reflects the appearance of a technologic and organizational system focused on the ritual exploitation of mammoths operating within preexisting Paleoindian societies, herein called the Western Clovis Ritual Complex.
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设想一个西方克洛维仪式综合体
越来越明显的是,在克洛维斯建筑群开始之前,最初的移民是通过太平洋沿海路线到达美洲的。进一步看来,这些最初的移民拥有非克洛维人的技术和一种普遍的(或广泛的)经济,很少利用他们中间的巨型动物。克洛维斯一旦被开发出来,就以一种不同的石器技术为标志,迅速传播到美洲的大部分地区,南至巴拿马,并与对长鼻类动物的开发有关。这就引出了为什么这些动物没有被明显更早的人类利用的问题。本文推测,克洛维人的突然出现,其对长鼻猿的关注,以及它的突然消亡,反映了一个技术和组织系统的出现,该系统专注于在先前存在的古印第安社会中对猛犸象的仪式利用,这里称为西部克洛维仪式综合体。
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PaleoAmerica
PaleoAmerica Earth and Planetary Sciences-Paleontology
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期刊介绍: PaleoAmerica disseminates new research results and ideas about early human dispersal and migrations, with a particular focus on the Americas. It fosters an interdisciplinary dialog between archaeologists, geneticists and other scientists investigating the dispersal of modern humans during the late Pleistocene. The journal has three goals: First and foremost, the journal is a vehicle for the presentation of new research results. Second, it includes editorials on special topics written by leaders in the field. Third, the journal solicits essays covering current debates in the field, the state of research in relevant disciplines, and summaries of new research findings in a particular region, for example Beringia, the Eastern Seaboard or the Southern Cone of South America. Although the journal’s focus is the peopling of the Americas, editorials and research essays also highlight the investigation of early human colonization of empty lands in other areas of the world. As techniques are developing so rapidly, work in other regions can be very relevant to the Americas, so the journal will publish research relating to other regions which has relevance to research on the Americas.
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