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The Cody complex is a Paleo-Indian culture group first identified at a bison antiquus kill site near
''Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America: An Encyclopedia''.
1998. , pp. 168-169. The sites are distinguished by their campsites, tools and butchering process. The tools, dated between about 6,000 and 8,000 BC, include Cody knives and Scottsbluff and diamond-shaped Eden projectile points.Shortt, Mack W
''Record of Early People on Yellowstone Lake: Cody Complex Occupation at Osprey Beach''
Yellowstone Science (11)4:5. Retrieved 10-3-2011.
The Cody complex is a Paleo-Indian culture group first identified at a bison antiquus kill site near Cody, Wyoming
Cody is a city in Northwest Wyoming and the seat of government of Park County, Wyoming, United States. It is named after Colonel William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody for his part in the founding of Cody in 1896.
The population was 10,066 at th ...
in 1951. Points possessing characteristics of Cody Complex flaking have been found all across North America from Canada to as far south as Oklahoma and Texas.
The tradition is generally attributed to the North American, primarily in the High Plains portion of the American Great Plains
The Great Plains (french: Grandes Plaines), sometimes simply "the Plains", is a broad expanse of flatland in North America. It is located west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, a ...
. The discovery of the Cody complex broadened the understanding of late Paleo-Indian cultural traditions beyond the Folsom tradition. Most Cody complex sites were bison antiquus kill and butcher sites, and sometime campsites.Gibbon, Guy E.; Ames, Kenneth M''Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America: An Encyclopedia''.
1998. , pp. 168-169. The sites are distinguished by their campsites, tools and butchering process. The tools, dated between about 6,000 and 8,000 BC, include Cody knives and Scottsbluff and diamond-shaped Eden projectile points.Shortt, Mack W
''Record of Early People on Yellowstone Lake: Cody Complex Occupation at Osprey Beach''
Yellowstone Science (11)4:5. Retrieved 10-3-2011.
See also
* Prehistory of Colorado * List of prehistoric sites in Colorado ** Horner site, thetype site
In archaeology, a type site is the site used to define a particular archaeological culture or other typological unit, which is often named after it. For example, discoveries at La Tène and Hallstatt led scholars to divide the European Iron A ...
for the complex
** Jurgens Site, a kill site, campsite and residential area
** Lamb Spring, a kill site
** Olsen-Chubbuck Bison Kill Site, an example of large scale cooperative game drive system
* Plano cultures
The Plano cultures is a name given by archaeologists to a group of disparate hunter-gatherer communities that occupied the Great Plains area of North America during the Paleo-Indian or Archaic period.
Distinguishing characteristics
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References
Archaeology of the United States Archaeological cultures of North America Hunter-gatherers of the United States Native American history of Colorado Paleo-Indian period Pre-Columbian cultures Prehistoric cultures in Colorado 1951 archaeological discoveries {{PreColumbian-stub