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FIRST PEOPLES | The Clovis Point – The First American Invention | PBS

Watch the full-length episode at http://video.pbs.org/video/2365515976/?Utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=FIRP_covefullprogram (US Only) http://pbs.org/firstpeoples
FIRST PEOPLES premieres Wednesdays, June 24-July 1, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET and July 8, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET on PBS.

It has long been thought that the first Americans were Clovis people, who arrived 13,000 years ago. The Clovis point is an amazing piece of Stone Age technology used to hunt animals. In a lot of ways, the Clovis point can be considered the first American invention.

Contributor = Metin Eren, University of Missouri