Strangers in a New Land: What Archaeology Reveals about the First Americans
What Archaeology Reveals About the First Americans
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- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2016
Summary
Where did Native Americans come from and when did they first arrive? Several lines of evidence, most recently genetic, have firmly established that all Native American populations originated in eastern Siberia. For many years, the accepted version of New World prehistory held that people arrived in the Western Hemisphere around 13,000 years ago. This consensus, called ‘Clovis First’, has been increasingly challenged by discoveries at numerous archaeological sites throughout North and South America and is now widely considered to be outdated. The latest findings have convinced most archaeologists that people came to the Western Hemisphere thousands of years prior to Clovis. There is credible evidence of a human presence in the Americas dating to 19,000 years ago and perhaps as early as 38,000 years ago. The prehistory of the very earliest arrivals into the New World is the subject of Strangers in a New Land. This book documents 35 Clovis and Folsom sites, disputed pre-Clovis sites, legitimate pre-Clovis sites and controversial pre-Clovis sites. This covers an area that stretches from Bluefish Cave, Canada, 70 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle to Monte Verde, Chile, 14,000 kilometers south of Bering Straits. The discovery and history of each site is accompanied by photographs, maps and diagrams that illustrate the excavations and chronicle the evidence of human activity. Strangers in a New Land brings these findings together for the first time in language accessible to the general reader. An excellent selection for physical and cultural anthropology, archaeology and prehistory collections.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781770853638 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1770853634 |
| Author: | J. Adovasio, David Pedler |
| Publisher: | Firefly Books |
| Imprint: | Firefly Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2016 |
| Weight: | 1.77kg |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 279mm |
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Critics Review
This lavishly illustrated work gives a comprehensive overview of the rapidly evolving field of New World archaeology
This lavishly illustrated work gives a comprehensive overview of the rapidly evolving field of New World archaeology–Publishers Weekly (01/16/2017) Highly recommended. All public and general collections and undergraduate libraries.– (03/01/2017) By organizing the book around key sites with generous illustrations, Adovasio and Pedler present readers with a thorough tour of the sites, assemblages, and material evidence associated with the colonization event… The book provides a concise and beautifully illustrated trip through these individual sites and artifacts, which goes a long way toward providing an explanation of what is and is not currently known.– (09/01/2017) This large format book is lavishly illustrated and written for the general reader, and the in-depth description of the thirty-five key early sites is the first of its kind. It is a must-read book for all of us, archaeologists and lay people alike, who are interested in the story of how the Americas were colonized.– (12/01/2016)
J. Adovasio
J. M. Adovasio has overseen over four decades of archaeological research at the renowned Meadowcroft Rockshelter, one of the best dated pre-Clovis sites in the Western Hemisphere. Adovasio is author of over 250 journal articles and five books, including, with Olga Soffer, The Invisible Sex: Uncovering the True Roles of Women in Prehistory. He is currently a Research Associate of the Senator John Heinz History Centre in Pittsburgh. David Pedler is Editor at the Lighting Research Center, School of Architecture, Rensselaer University and a Research Associate of the Senator John Heinz History Centre in Pittsburgh.
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