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===Lithic stage (before 8000 BCE)===
[[File:StemmedFlutedPoint-Surface.jpg|thumb|left|alt="Fishtail" point found in Belize.|Stemmed fluted "Fishtail" point found in Belize]]
{{see also|Paleo-Indians|Aboriginal peoples in Canada#Paleo-Indians period|Archaeology of the Americas}}
The [[Lithic stage]] or ''[[Paleo-Indians|Paleo-Indian period]]'', is the earliest classification term referring to the first stage of human habitation in the Americas, covering the [[Late Pleistocene]] epoch. The time period derives its name from the appearance of "[[Lithic flake]]d" stone tools. [[Stone tool]]s, particularly [[projectile point]]s and [[Scraper (archaeology)|scrapers]], are the primary evidence of the earliest well known human activity in the [[Americas]]. [[Lithic reduction]] stone tools are used by [[Archaeology|archaeologists]] and [[anthropologist]]s to classify cultural periods.
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