paleo amerind
/ˌpeɪlioʊˈæmərɪnd/
noun
- A member of the earliest known human populations in the Americas; same as Paleo-American.
- The term Paleo-Amerind is sometimes used by anthropologists to describe the first people in the New World.
- Paleo-Amerinds left behind distinctive fluted spear points.
- Many scholars consider Paleo-Amerinds to be the ancestors of later Native American groups.
Synonyms
adjective
- Relating to the earliest human inhabitants of the Americas.
- The Paleo-Amerind period ended around 8,000 years ago.
- They compared Paleo-Amerind and later Native American tool-making techniques.
- Paleo-Amerind artifacts are displayed in the archaeology wing.