44. Post Clovis [Preview]

About this episode

This episode explores the cultural fragmentation of Clovis descendants during the Younger Dryas period in North America.

12,800 to 11,700 years ago ... In the cold of the Younger Dryas, at the peak of megafauna extinction, the descendants of Clovis fragmented into a range of new cultures across North America. Support the show

People in this episode

Host: Benjy Longworth

Topics covered

• Clovis culture
• Younger Dryas
• megafauna extinction
• North American prehistory
• cultural fragmentation

Keywords

• Clovis
• Younger Dryas
• megafauna
• North America
• prehistoric cultures

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Places: North America

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