a member of the prehistoric people that migrated to America from Asia during the late Pleistocene: they are the ancestors of the American Indians
adjective
designating or of the Paleo-Indians or their culture
See Paleo-Indian in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(pāˌlē-ō-ĭnˈdē-ən)
adjective
Of or relating to prehistoric human culture in the Western Hemisphere from the earliest habitation to around 5,000 B.C. Paleo-Indian cultures are distinguished especially by the various projectile points they produced.