Strangers in a new land : what archaeology reveals about the first Americans / J.M. Adovasio, David Pedler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adovasio, J. M., author.

Pedler, David, author.

Contributor:

Professor Elisabeth J. Tooker Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology).

Paleo-Indians.

America--Antiquities.

America.

Antiquities.

Indians--Antiquities.

Indians.

Paleo-Indians--Origin.

Indians--Origin.

Indians--History.

History.

Human beings--Migrations.

Human beings.

Excavations (Archaeology)--America.

Indians of North America--Antiquities.

Indians of North America.

Indians of Central America--Antiquities.

Indians of Central America.

Indians of South America--Antiquities.

Indians of South America.

Genre:

History.

Nonfiction.

Physical Description:

348 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Buffalo, New York : Richmond Hill, Ontario : Firefly Books, 2016.

Summary:

"The history of North America, from Christopher Columbus to the present day, is a chaotic struggle for ownership of the land. This text will address questions such as the history of native communities that were displaced or conquered, and even further back to how Native North, Central and South Americans came to these continents in the first place. Historical facts are mainly supported through archaeological findings."--Publisher information.

Contents:

Part One. Questions and answers : Landfall at Guanahani ; From where did they come? ; How did they get here? ; When did they get here? ; What were they doing?

Part Two. The evidence : Clovis and Folsom age sites: 1. Folsom, New Mexico, 2. Blackwater Draw, New Mexico, 3. Lehner, Murray Springs, and Naco, Arizona, 4. Shoop, Pennsylvania, 5. Shawnee-Minisink, Pennsylvania, 6. Kimmswick Bone Bed, Missouri, 7. Bonfire Shelter, Texas, 8. Central Alaska (Broken Mammoth, Dry Creek, Swan Point, and Walker Road), Alaska, 9. El Fin del Mundo, Mexico ; Disputed pre-Clovis sites : 10. Old Crow, Yukon, Canada, 11. Calico Mountain, California, 12. Pendejo Cave, New Mexico, 13. Tule Springs, Nevada, 14. Pedra Furada, Piauí, Brazil ; Legitimate pre-Clovis sites: 15. Meadowcroft Rockshelter, Pennsylvania, 16. Monte Verde, Llanquihue, Chile, 17. Cactus Hill, Virginia, 18. Paisley Five Mile Point Caves, Oregon, 19. Schaefer and Hebior Mammoth, Wisconsin, 20. Buttermilk Creek, Texas (Debra L. Friedkin and Gault) ; Controversial pre-Clovis sites: 21. Topper, South Carolina, 22. Saltville, Virginia, 23. Taima-taima, Venezuela, and Tibitó, Columbia [i.e. Colombia], 24. Bluefish Caves, Yukon, Canada.

Notes:

"A Peter N. Névraumont book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-341) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Professor Elisabeth J. Tooker Fund.

ISBN:

9781770853638

1770853634

OCLC:

906010847

Publisher Number:

99977614439