The Anzick Site in Montana: The OLDEST and ONLY Known Clovis Burial Site #historicaltidbits

The Anzick clovis site in Montana represents the oldest known burial in North America and is the only Clovis burial ever found. Carbon dating of the infants bones gives a date of at least 12,700 years old, but as much as 13,000 years, dating roughly to 11,000 BCE. The bones of Anzick-1 was covered in red ochre, indicating a ceremonial burial intent. Researchers have remarked that it was unusual for paleo Americans to honor the young, due to high mortality rates, adding to the mystery of the Anzick skeleton. The burial site just under the cliff included other artifacts, like clovis points, and bones of another child, but several thousand years younger and unrelated. There were also many buffalo bones present at the burial site, leading experts to believe the cliff was likely used as a Buffalo jump, which is similar to drive lines, found all around the globe, intended to herd roaming wildlife to a location for slaughter or hunting.

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[historicaltidbits]

The Anzick clovis site in Montana represents the oldest known burial in North America and is the only Clovis burial ever found. Carbon dating of the infants bones gives a date of at least 12, 700 years old, but as much as 13, 000 years, dating roughly to 11, 000 BCE.

The bones of Anzick-1 was covered in red ochre, indicating a ceremonial burial intent. Researchers have remarked that it was unusual for paleo Americans to honor the young, due to high mortality rates, adding to the mystery of the Anzick skeleton. The burial site just under the cliff included other artifacts, like clovis points, and bones of another child, but several thousand years younger and unrelated.

There were also many buffalo bones present at the burial site, leading experts to believe the cliff was likely used as a Buffalo jump, which is similar to drive lines, found all around the globe, intended to herd roaming wildlife to a location for slaughter or hunting.

[michaelhamilton]

There is a Clovis site on Cochetpa Dome, Co. Documented by Smithsonian Institute by spear points.