Bluefish in the Pre-Clovis Landscape

Bluefish Caves is not the only site that contributes evidence of pre-Clovis human presence in the Americas, and understanding its significance requires placing it in the context of the broader pattern of pre-Clovis evidence.

The sites that have contributed the most compelling pre-Clovis evidence fall into a few geographic categories, each with different implications for how the initial dispersal of people into the Americas occurred.

From the Pacific coast of North America, a growing body of evidence — primarily from sites in British Columbia, California, and the Channel Islands — suggests that people were present on or near the Pacific coast of North America at dates that predate the Clovis horizon.