Beringia : archaic migrations into North America / by Robert D. Morritt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morritt, Robert D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Origin.

Indigenous peoples.

Paleontology--Bering Land Bridge.

Paleontology.

Paleontology--Pleistocene.

Bering Land Bridge.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume is a study of the migration of cultures from Asia to North America from the earliest period of recorded history. Evidence is presented of a connection between the North American Athabaskan language family and Siberia, together Other comparisons and examinations of the implications of linguistics from anthropological, archaeological and folklore perspectives. An exploration of the origins of the earliest people in the Americas, this book covers topics including Siberian, Dene and N...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; HUNTER GATHERERS; NORTHWEST CANADA; THE MACKENZIE RIVER; THE DENE; THE LAND-BRIDGE FROM SIBERIA TO NORTH AMERICA; THE KET LANGUAGE; DENE - DNA ANALYSIS AND LANGUAGES; POPULATION DRIFT; GLACIAL EFFECTS; COASTAL MIGRATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; ANCIENT TRANS-PACIFIC INFLUENCE ON THE NEW WORLD; SOUTHWEST ALASKA AND PACIFIC COAST; RADIO CARBON DATES ON SAIGA FOSSILS; SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BLUEFISH CAVES IN BERINGIAN PREHISTORY; SIBERIAN FLUTED POINT; BERING STRAIT MIGRATION; THE KET PEOPLE OF SIBERIA; DENE - YENISEIC IN PAST AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVE

DIRING YURIAKH (SIBERIA)NATIVE PEOPLES OF EASTERN SIBERIA; DNA AND THE PEOPLING OF SIBERIA; YAKUTIA SHAMANS; SIBERIA'S BRONZE AND IRON AGE CIVILIZATIONS; ANCIENT DNA; THE NAVAJO; WESTERN APACHE LANGUAGE; THE CHUKTEE; NAVAJO; LOS LUNAS HEBREW INSCRIPTION; THE TUTCHONE PEOPLE; NA-DENE LANGUAGE FAMILY; VAJDA'S SIBERIAN LANGUAGE LINK

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

1-283-14232-5

1-4438-2780-0

9786613142320

OCLC:

740225709