Across Atlantic ice : the origin of America's Clovis culture /

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"Who were the first humans to inhabit North America? According to the now familiar story, mammal hunters entered the continent some 12,000 years ago via a land bridge that spanned the Bering Sea. Distinctive stone tools belonging to the Clovis culture established the presence of these early New...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stanford, Dennis J.
Other Authors: Bradley, Bruce A., 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Clovis culture.
Human beings > Migrations.
Indians of North America > Transatlantic influences.
Paleo-Indians > Origin.
Glacial epoch > North America.
Culture Clovis.
Êtres humains > Migrations.
Peuples autochtones > Amérique du Nord > Influence transatlantique.
Indiens du paléolithique > Origines.
Époque glaciaire > Amérique du Nord.
Clovis.
HISTORY > Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
HISTORY > North America.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Clovis culture
Glacial epoch
Human beings > Migrations
Indians of North America > Transatlantic influences
North America
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The First Americans?
  • Part 1. Paleolithic peoples
  • 1. Flaked stone technology: A primer
  • 2. Clovis: The first American settlers?
  • 3. Beringia: Out of Asia on foot
  • 4. Challenging the Clovis first model: The missing links
  • 5. The Solutrean: Ice Age innovators
  • Part 2. The Solutrean hypothesis
  • 6. Quantitative culture comparison
  • 7. Qualitative culture comparison
  • 8. The Solutrean maritime adaptation
  • 9. The last glacial maximum: How bad was the weather?
  • 10. Living on the ice edge: Ethnographic analogies
  • Conclusion.

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