Entering America : northeast Asia and Beringia before the last glacial maximum / edited by D.B. Madsen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Madsen, David B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleo-Indians--Migrations.

Paleo-Indians.

Human beings--Bering Land Bridge--Migrations.

Human beings.

Paleoecology--Asia.

Paleoecology.

Paleoecology--North America.

Human population genetics--Asia.

Human population genetics.

Human population genetics--North America.

Clovis culture.

Asia--Environmental conditions.

Asia.

North America--Environmental conditions.

North America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (493 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Where did the first Americans come from and when did they get here?That basic question of American archaeology, long thought to have been solved, is re-emerging as a critical issue as the number of well-excavated sites dating to pre-Clovis times increases.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

1. Colonization of the Americas before the Last Glacial Maximum:Issues and Problems

I. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN NORTHEAST ASIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA

2. Paleoenvironmental Conditions in Western Beringia before and during the Last Glacial Maximum

3. Environments of Northwestern North America before the Last Glacial Maximum

II. THE IMPLICATIONS OF AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY FOR A PRE- OR POST-LATE GLACIAL MAXIMUM OCCUPATION OF THE NEW WORLD

4. Late Wisconsin Environments and Archaeological Visibility on the Northern Northwest Coast

5. Pre-Clovis Sites and Their Implications for Human Occupation before the Last Glacial Maximum

6. The Nature of Clovis Blades and Blade Cores

III. HUMAN GENETICS AND FORAGER MOBILITY

7. Molecular Genetic Diversity in Siberians and Native AmericansSuggests an Early Colonization of the New World

8. Hunter-Gatherer Population Expansion in North Asia and the New World

IV. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF NORTHEAST ASIA

9. Time-Space Dynamics in the Early Upper Paleolithic of Northeast Asia

10. Humans along the Pacific Margin of Northeast Asia before the Last Glacial Maximum: Evidence for Their Presence and Adaptations

11. The Search for a Clovis Progenitor in Subarctic Siberia

V. COMMENTARY

12. On Possibilities, Prospecting, and Patterns: Thinking about a Pre-LGM Human Presence in the Americas

13. Monte Verde, Field Archaeology, and the Human Colonization of the Americas

14. Recapitulation: The Relative Probabilities of Late Pre-LGM or Early Post-LGM Ages for the Initial Occupation of the Americas

References

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-470) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-60781-785-3

OCLC:

646796089