Paleoindian archaeology : a hemispheric perspective / edited by Juliet E. Morrow and Cristobal Gnecco.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Morrow, Juliet E.

Gnecco, Cristóbal.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleo-Indians.

Paleo-Indians--Implements.

Stone implements--America.

Stone implements.

Excavations (Archaeology)--America.

Excavations (Archaeology).

America--Antiquities.

America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores similarities and differences among the early sites and assemblages in North, Central, and South America, providing a refreshing yet complementary approach to more localized studies.

Contents:

Paleoindians without mammoths and archaeologists without projectile points? : the archaeology of the first inhabitants of the Americas / Luis Alberto Borrero

Points in time : establishing a precise hemispheric chronology for paleoindian migrations / Stuart J. Fiedel

Grassland archaeology in the Americas : from the U.S. southern plains to the Argentinean pampas / Eileen Johnson ... [et al.]

The clovis colonization of Central America / Anthony J. Ranere

Early humanized landscapes in northern South America / Cristobal Gnecco and Javier Aceituno

Fluted and fishtail points from southern coastal Chile : new evidence suggesting clovis- and folsom-related occupations in southernmost South America / Lawrence J. Jackson

New radiocarbon dates for the clovis component of the Anzick Site, Park County, Montana / Juliet E. Morrow and Stuart J. Fiedel

The rancholabrean termination : sudden extinction in the San Pedro Valley, Arizona, 11,000 BC / C. Vance Haynes, Jr

Paleoindian archaeology in Florida and Panama : two circumgulf regions exhibiting waisted lanceolate projectile points / Michael K. Faught.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8130-4007-8

OCLC:

746746865