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The Clovis Point - The First American Invention

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The Clovis point is an amazing piece of Stone Age technology used to hunt animals.

It has long been thought that the first Americans were Clovis people, who arrived 13,000 years ago. The Clovis point is an amazing piece of Stone Age technology used to hunt animals. In a lot of ways, the Clovis point can be considered the first American invention. On First Peoples: Americas, watch a demonstration of how the invention was used for ancient hunting.

AIR DATE 6/23/15

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