But some of the stone appears to have come from sources considerably farther away, suggesting either long-distance travel by the Clovis people who accumulated the assemblage or access to exchange networks that brought high-quality stone from distant sources.

The specific stone types identified in the Anzick assemblage have been compared to known geological sources in the region, though the analysis is complicated by the variety of stone types present and by the limitations of source matching for some materials.

The overall picture that emerges is consistent with a mobile people who ranged over large territories and who were knowledgeable about the distribution of high-quality stone across that range.

This mobility is consistent with what is known about Clovis lifeways from other evidence.