New Perspectives on the First Americans - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1585443646 ISBN 13 : 9781585443642

Editeur : Texas A & M University Press, 2004

Synopsis

The field of first American studies is undergoing significant changes. The traditional model that the Americas were only peopled once by Clovis big-game hunters from Siberia at the end of the last Ice Age has seriously been challenged. Most now believe that the Americas were peopled more than once.

Against this backdrop of controversy, the CSFA and its partners convened the Clovis and Beyond Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1999, and brought many of the major players of the field to the conference forum who have a stake in the future

of America's past.

New Perspectives on the First Americans contains short and concise papers from this conference that focus on the following themes: pre-Clovis archaeology, Clovis-era archaeology, Paleoamerican paleobiology, new approaches to the study of

Paleoamericans, Paleoamericans and public policy, and new directions for Paleoamerican archaeology.

Collectively, these papers represent the intellectual fermentin a field seeking to reconcile itself with changing scientific developments in an evolving social/political context.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

BRADLEY T. LEPPER is a curator of anthropology at the Ohio Historical Society

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Texas A & M University Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1585443646
• ISBN 13: 9781585443642
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible