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Bones, boats & bison : archeology and the first colonization of western North America

Author: E James Dixon
Publisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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"This revolutionary archeological synthesis argues an alternative model of the earliest human population of North America. E. James Dixon dispels the stereotype of big-game hunters following mammoths across the Bering Land Bridge and paints a vivid picture of marine mammal hunters, fishers, and general foragers colonizing the New World. Applying contemporary scientific methods and drawing on new archeological  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Dixon, E. James.
Bones, boats & bison.
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1999
(OCoLC)607445972
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: E James Dixon
ISBN: 0826320570 9780826320575 0826321380 9780826321381
OCLC Number: 42022335
Description: xiv, 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: The Dawn of Paleoindian Archeology --
The First Colonization of North America --
North America's Oldest Sites --
Early Sites in Mexico, and Central and South America --
Learning from Those Who Have Gone Before --
Interpreting Cultural Development --
Alaska and the Pacific Northwest Prior to 8,000 B.P --
The Far West and Mexico Prior to 8,000 B.P. --
The Great Plains Prior to 8,000 B.P.
Other Titles: Bones, boats, and bison
Responsibility: E. James Dixon.

Abstract:

"This revolutionary archeological synthesis argues an alternative model of the earliest human population of North America. E. James Dixon dispels the stereotype of big-game hunters following mammoths across the Bering Land Bridge and paints a vivid picture of marine mammal hunters, fishers, and general foragers colonizing the New World. Applying contemporary scientific methods and drawing on new archeological discoveries, he advances evidence indicating that humans first reached the Americas using water craft along the deglaciated Northwest Coast about 13,500 years ago, some 2,000 years before the first Clovis hunters, Dixon's rigorous evaluation of the oldest North American archeological sites and human remains offers well-reasoned hypotheses about the physical characteristics, lives, and relationships of the First Americans. His crisply written analysis of scientific exploration is essential reading for scholars, students, and general readers."--BOOK JACKET.

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