19. TOOL SITES IN THE OLD WEST
A longstanding debate is whether or not Clovis was America’s first culture, but findings at Texas suggests it wasn’t. The unusual finds in the north of Austin suggest Clovis isn’t the primary culture because the dating reveals evidence of human occupation about 16,700 years ago, which is 3,000 years older than Clovis sites. Fragments of human teeth and over 90 uncovered stone tools are indicative of the Clovis culture, but other finds are very different, or they reminisce Clovis techniques.