Clovis point confirms the presence of first settlers in Zacatecas


November 2021

Archaeologists have discovered a Clovis point, the characteristically fluted projectile point associated with the Clovis culture in the Mexican state of Zacatecas.

The Clovis culture was a prehistoric Paleoamerican culture that is named after artefacts found between 1932 and 1936 at Blackwater Locality No. 1, an archaeological site between the towns of Clovis and Portales in the US state of New Mexico.

Until recently, the scientific consensus followed the “Clovis first” theory, where the Clovis people were considered to be the ancestors of most of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, having transited the north of the continent. Sites associated with the Clovis culture have been identified across much of the contiguous United States, as well as Mexico and Central America.

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/1...catecas/142067