Finding Clovis takes viewers on an archeological adventure at the Topper dig site in Allendale County, South Carolina. Famous for Clovis and pre-Clovis artifacts, there is recent evidence that may support the theory that a comet suddenly wiped out the Clovis culture 13,000 years ago. In the Topper dig, Finding Clovis, world-renowned scientists Allen West, Dennis Stanford from the Smithsonian, David Anderson, Scott Jones, and Al Goodyear from the University of South Carolina will offer their opinions about these significant first Americans, where they came from, how they lived, and what may have been their fate (archaeology).
Closed captioning has been provided for this broadcast program.
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Where did the Clovis people come from?
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One possible explanation for destruction of the Clovis culture
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Were there people at the Topper site before Clovis?
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Can it be proven that pre-Clovis artifacts found at Topper were really made by humans?
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The search for answers at Topper
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Scientists, and Students, and Volunteers! Oh, my!
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What’s it like when you get the archaeology “bug”?
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“Avocational archaeologists” are encouraged to participate in the Allendale Paleoamerican Expedition, which occurs annually in the month of May.
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Camp life as a Topper volunteer
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May 28, 2001 report on pre-Clovis discoveries
