Paleo-Indian

[ pey-lee-oh-in-dee-uhn; especially British pal-ee‑ ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a New World cultural stage, c22,000–6000 b.c., distinguished by fluted-point tools and cooperative hunting methods.

noun

1. a member of the North American Indian people of this cultural stage, who are believed to have migrated originally from Asia and are known to have been expert big-game hunters.

Example Sentences

There’s a Paleo-Indian site at Wakulla Springs, a Calusa site on Mound Key, a project in Cuba and even a small canvas bag of fossils that a local beachcomber brought in.

From Washington Times

Paleo-Indians navigated chunks of melting ice left by retreating glaciers when they hunted woolly mammoths and caribou in the area 12,000 years ago.

From New York Times

He said the Paleo-Indian people were hunter-gatherers and “more than likely semi-nomadic,” trailing water and game across the landscape and through the seasons.

From Washington Times

Native Americans first came to the site during the Paleo-Indian period to hunt Ice Age mammals, the Macon newspaper reported.

From Washington Times

“Before this, we really had no idea that Paleo-Indians were using salmon or fish of any kind,” said Carrin Halffman, an archaeologist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and an author of the report.

From New York Times