The Friedkin site in Texas is dated to about 15,500 years old, and the Gault site in Texas is dated to about 16,000 years old.
Sources
- 15,000-year-old Idaho archaeology site now among America's oldest (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www.sci.news/archaeology/pre-clovis-spear-points-texas-06545.html (sci.news)
- https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aat4505 (science.org)
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/people-were-texas-3000-years-earlier-previously-thought-180969743/ (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.sci.news/archaeology/pre-clovis-projectile-points-gault-site-texas-06208.html (sci.news)
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