Editing Clovis culture (section)

==Art and ritual practices==
A few Clovis culture artifacts are suspected to reflect creative expression, such as rock art, the use of red [[ocher]], and engraved stones. The best-known examples of this were found at the Gault site in Texas and consist of limestone nodules incised with expressive geometric patterns, some of which mimic leaf patterns.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lemke |first1=Ashley K. |last2=Wernecke |first2=D. Clark |last3=Collins |first3=Michael B. |date=January 2015 |title=Early Art in North America: Clovis and Later Paleoindian Incised Artifacts from the Gault Site, Texas (41BL323) |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0002731600001360/type/journal_article |journal=American Antiquity |volume=80 |issue=1 |pages=113–133 |doi=10.7183/0002-7316.79.4.113 |issn=0002-7316|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Clovis peoples, like other Paleoindian cultures, used red ocher for a variety of artistic and ritual purposes, including burials,<ref name=":17">{{Cite journal |last1=Zarzycka |first1=Sandra E. |last2=Surovell |first2=Todd A. |last3=Mackie |first3=Madeline E. |last4=Pelton |first4=Spencer R. |last5=Kelly |first5=Robert L. |last6=Goldberg |first6=Paul |last7=Dewey |first7=Janet |last8=Kent |first8=Meghan |date=June 2019 |title=Long-distance transport of red ocher by Clovis foragers |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352409X19300057 |journal=Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports |volume=25 |pages=519–529 |doi=10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.05.001|bibcode=2019JArSR..25..519Z |url-access=subscription }}</ref> and to cover objects in caches.<ref>Kilby, J. David, and Bruce B. Huckell. 2013. "Clovis caches: Current perspectives and future directions". In ''Paleoamerican Odyssey'', edited by Kelly E. Graf, Caroline V. Ketron, and Michael R. Waters, 257–272. College Station: Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A&M University.</ref> Clovis peoples are known to have transported ocher {{Convert|100|km|mi}} from its original outcrop.<ref name=":17" /> They are also suggested to have produced beads out of animal bones.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Surovell |first1=Todd A. |last2=Litynski |first2=McKenna L. |last3=Allaun |first3=Sarah A. |last4=Buckley |first4=Michael |last5=Schoborg |first5=Todd A. |last6=Govaerts |first6=Jack A. |last7=O'Brien |first7=Matthew J. |last8=Pelton |first8=Spencer R. |last9=Sanders |first9=Paul H. |last10=Mackie |first10=Madeline E. |last11=Kelly |first11=Robert L. |date=February 5, 2024 |title=Use of hare bone for the manufacture of a Clovis bead |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=14 |issue=1 |page=2937 |doi=10.1038/s41598-024-53390-9 |issn=2045-2322 |pmc=10844228 |pmid=38316967|bibcode=2024NatSR..14.2937S }}</ref>