Collins, Michael B. Title:  "Clovis-A fresh look at an Ancient Culture" Abstract: For decades Clovis has enjoyed the status of being a familiar archeological "culture," widely accepted as the material leavings of the first humans to occupy the Western Hemisphere. Recent discoveries raise questions about the coherency of these remains as a "culture" and there is growing evidence that they do not represent the First Americans. Even in the absence of older archeological remains, Clovis does not meet the theoretical expectations of a continent-wide founding population. Several Clovis sites in Central Texas, including the extensive Clovis components at the Gault Site, illustrate key discrepancies between theoretical expectations and actual occurrences. Michael B. Collins Michael Collins is Research Associate at the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory (TARL) at The University of Texas at Austin where he converges his interests in archeology, geology, and lithic technology toward investigating the origins of human occupation in the Western Hemisphere. He has worked on numerous early sites in North America and the site of Monte Verde in Chile, as well as Paleolithic sites in Europe and the Near East. He is currently Principal Investigator for TARL's Gault Project.