BIG-GAME HUNTING TRADITION

any of several ancient North American cultures based on hunting herd animals such as mammoth and bison; remains of these cultures have been found mainly in the North American Plains as well as in the eastern and southwestern regions of North America. The Big-Game Hunting Tradition may date from about 13,000 or 14,000 BC; it began to decline or change after 8000 BC. See also Clovis complex; Folsom complex.