Clovis era
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The Clovis era refers to an early Paleoindian period in North America, characterized by distinctive fluted stone spear points and associated with some of the continent’s earliest widespread human populations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Clovis era canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9418668 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clovis era Context triple: [Anzick site, chronologicalPeriod, Clovis era]
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A.
Carolingian period
The Carolingian period was a phase of the early Middle Ages marked by the rule of the Carolingian dynasty, notable for the reign of Charlemagne and a revival of art, learning, and centralized authority in Western Europe.
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B.
Merovingian dynasty
The Merovingian dynasty was a Frankish royal line that ruled much of what is now France and parts of Germany from the 5th to the 8th century, laying the foundations of medieval Western Europe.
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C.
Camelot era
The Camelot era refers to the idealized, nostalgic view of John F. Kennedy’s presidency as a brief, glamorous, and hopeful period in American history.
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D.
Clovis
Clovis is a small city in eastern New Mexico known as a regional hub for agriculture, rail transport, and nearby Cannon Air Force Base.
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Clovis
Clovis is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, historically associated with early Frankish kings and related to names like Louis and Ludwig.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clovis era Target entity description: The Clovis era refers to an early Paleoindian period in North America, characterized by distinctive fluted stone spear points and associated with some of the continent’s earliest widespread human populations.
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A.
Carolingian period
The Carolingian period was a phase of the early Middle Ages marked by the rule of the Carolingian dynasty, notable for the reign of Charlemagne and a revival of art, learning, and centralized authority in Western Europe.
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B.
Merovingian dynasty
The Merovingian dynasty was a Frankish royal line that ruled much of what is now France and parts of Germany from the 5th to the 8th century, laying the foundations of medieval Western Europe.
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C.
Camelot era
The Camelot era refers to the idealized, nostalgic view of John F. Kennedy’s presidency as a brief, glamorous, and hopeful period in American history.
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D.
Clovis
Clovis is a small city in eastern New Mexico known as a regional hub for agriculture, rail transport, and nearby Cannon Air Force Base.
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E.
Clovis
Clovis is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, historically associated with early Frankish kings and related to names like Louis and Ludwig.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Paleoindian period
ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Paleoindians
ⓘ
linked to:
Paleo-Indian period
early human populations in North America ⓘ |
| associatedWithFauna |
bison
ⓘ
mammoth ⓘ mastodon ⓘ |
| associatedWithSubsistence |
Pleistocene megafauna exploitation
ⓘ
big-game hunting ⓘ |
| chronologicallyOverlaps |
Younger Dryas onset
ⓘ
linked to:
Younger Dryas cold event
|
| followedBy |
Folsom culture
ⓘ
later Paleoindian complexes ⓘ |
| hasApproximateEndTime | circa 12,800 years ago ⓘ |
| hasApproximateStartTime | circa 13,500 years ago ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
distinctive stone spear points
ⓘ
fluted projectile points ⓘ widespread distribution ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPractice |
kill and butchery sites
ⓘ
long-distance raw material transport ⓘ specialized hunting camps ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceType |
faunal remains with butchery marks
ⓘ
lithic assemblages ⓘ |
| hasGeographicExtent |
American Southeast
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
American Southwest ⓘ
linked to:
southwestern United States
Eastern Woodlands ⓘ North American Great Plains ⓘ
linked to:
Great Plains
parts of Canada ⓘ |
| hasKeySite |
Blackwater Draw site
ⓘ
Gault site ⓘ Lindenmeier area (for transition to Folsom) ⓘ |
| hasRawMaterial |
flint
ⓘ
high-quality chert ⓘ obsidian ⓘ |
| hasSettlementPattern |
high residential mobility
ⓘ
small, mobile bands ⓘ |
| hasTechnology |
advanced lithic reduction techniques
ⓘ
fluted bifacial point technology ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod | Late Pleistocene ⓘ |
| hasToolType |
blades
ⓘ
burins ⓘ scrapers ⓘ spear points ⓘ |
| hasTypeArtifact | Clovis point ⓘ |
| locatedIn | North America ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Clovis, New Mexico ⓘ |
| precededBy | pre-Clovis occupations in the Americas ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Clovis-first hypothesis
ⓘ
linked to:
Clovis-first debate
peopling of the Americas debate ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Paleoindian archaeology
ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Clovis era Description of subject: The Clovis era refers to an early Paleoindian period in North America, characterized by distinctive fluted stone spear points and associated with some of the continent’s earliest widespread human populations.
Referenced by (1)
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