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Across Atlantic Ice: The Origin of America´s Clovis Culture
Dennis J. Stanford
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Description for Across Atlantic Ice: The Origin of America´s Clovis Culture
Paperback. Supplying archaeological and oceanographic evidence to support this assertion, this book dismantles the old paradigm while persuasively linking Clovis technology with the culture of the Solutrean people who occupied France and Spain more than 20,000 years ago. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 b/w photographs, 74 line illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1K; 3B; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 714.
Who were the first humans to inhabit North America? According to the now familiar story, mammal hunters entered the continent some 12,000 years ago via a land bridge that spanned the Bering Sea. Distinctive stone tools belonging to the Clovis culture established the presence of these early New World people. But are the Clovis tools Asian in origin? Drawing from original archaeological analysis, paleoclimatic research, and genetic studies, noted archaeologists Dennis J. Stanford and Bruce A. Bradley challenge the old narrative and, in the process, counter traditional - and often subjective - approaches to archaeological testing for historical relatedness. The ... Read more
Who were the first humans to inhabit North America? According to the now familiar story, mammal hunters entered the continent some 12,000 years ago via a land bridge that spanned the Bering Sea. Distinctive stone tools belonging to the Clovis culture established the presence of these early New World people. But are the Clovis tools Asian in origin? Drawing from original archaeological analysis, paleoclimatic research, and genetic studies, noted archaeologists Dennis J. Stanford and Bruce A. Bradley challenge the old narrative and, in the process, counter traditional - and often subjective - approaches to archaeological testing for historical relatedness. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520275782
SKU
V9780520275782
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About Dennis J. Stanford
Dennis J. Stanford is Curator of Archaeology and Director of the Paleoindian Program at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Among his books is Ice Age Hunters of the Rockies. Bruce A. Bradley is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Exeter and Director of its Experimental Archaeology Programme. His books include Clovis Technology.
Reviews for Across Atlantic Ice: The Origin of America´s Clovis Culture
"Stanford and Bradley weave a fascinating narrative... [The authors] deftly illustrate their expertise."
Christopher R. Moore, University of South Carolina Southeastern Archaeology "This scientific treatise ... shines between the lines."
Philip Kopper The Washington Times "A thorough job... Stanford and Bradley compile an impressive dossier of evidence... It should be taken seriously."
Atholl Anderson, Australian National University, ... Read more
Christopher R. Moore, University of South Carolina Southeastern Archaeology "This scientific treatise ... shines between the lines."
Philip Kopper The Washington Times "A thorough job... Stanford and Bradley compile an impressive dossier of evidence... It should be taken seriously."
Atholl Anderson, Australian National University, ... Read more