The Folsom Tradition is a name given by archaeologists to a sequence of Paleo-Indian archaeological cultures of central North America. Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... In archaeology, culture refers to either of two separate but allied concepts: A material culture comprises physical objects from the past, the study of which is the basis of the discipline. ... World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is the third largest continent in area and in population after Eurasia and Africa. ...

These cultures occupied the Great Plains and Great Lakes of the modern United States of America and Canada as well as adjacent areas to the west and south west. They are characterised by their use of Folsom points as projectile tips and their activities are generally known from kill sites where slaughter and butchering of bison took place and Folsom tools were left behind. The Great Plains states. ... The Great Lakes from space The Great Lakes are a group of five large lakes on or near the United States-Canadian border. ... The name bison refers to several large bovine mammals: American bison - Bison bison Wisent or European bison - Bison bonasus Steppe Wisent Bison priscus - extinct Frequently confused with bison: Aurochs - Bos primigenius It also refers to several other things: GNU bison is a compiler compiler similar to Yacc. ...

Some kill sites exhibit evidence of up to 50 bison being killed although the Folsom diet also included mountain sheep, marmots, deer and cotton-tail rabbit. Species see text Marmots are members of the genus Marmota, in the rodent family Sciuridae (squirrels). ... Deer - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...

A Folsom site at Hanson, Wyoming also revealed areas of hardstanding which indicate possible dwellings.

The type site is Folsom, New Mexico, a marsh-side kill site found in 1926. In archaeology a type site (also known as a type-site or typesite) is a site that is considered the model of a particular archaeological culture. ... Folsom is a village located in Union County, New Mexico. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The Folsom Tradition is though to have derived from the earlier Clovis culture and dates to between 9000 BC and 8000 BC. The Clovis culture is a prehistoric Native American culture that first appears in the archaeological record of North America around 13,500 years ago, at the end of the last ice age. ... (10th millennium BC – 9th millennium BC – 8th millennium BC – other millennia) Beginning of the Neolithic time period of the Holocene epoch. ... (9th millennium BC – 8th millennium BC – 7th millennium BC – other millennia) Events The south area of Çatalhöyük. ...