Shoutout to the farmer in Ohio who found that Clovis spear point in his cornfield last fall

I was reading the OHC archaeology blog last week and saw they dated it to 11,500 years old... everyone online keeps saying Clovis people were big game hunters who followed mammoths around. But the deer and rabbit bones right next to it make me think they were just regular folks eating what was around. Does anyone else think we push the mammoth narrative too hard because it sounds cooler?

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riveradams12d ago

Yeah but here's the thing nobody talks about - those Clovis points were basically the Swiss Army knives of their time. They were multipurpose tools, not just mammoth spears. I remember reading that the fluting technique actually makes them way harder to repair than other stone points, so why would you use something that fragile on a mammoth unless you absolutely had to? The rabbit bones tell the real story. They were probably setting snares and using those points on smaller game way more often than we give them credit for. Plus, you don't lug around a massive 6-foot spear just to maybe see a mammoth once a month.

thomas.parker13d ago

Wait, are you saying ancient people actually ate whatever was for dinner like the rest of us peasants?