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

Title
  1. Bones, boats & bison : archeology and the first colonization of western North America / E. James Dixon.
Published by
  1. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©1999.
Author
  1. Dixon, E. James.

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Description
  1. xiv, 322 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
Summary
  1. "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."--Jacket.
Alternative title
  1. Bones, boats, and bison
Subject
  1. Paleo-Indians > North America
  2. Paleo-Indians > West (U.S.)
  3. Indians of North America > Antiquities
  4. Indians > Origin
  5. Indiens du paléolithique > Amérique du Nord
  6. Peuples autochtones du paléolithique > États-Unis (Ouest)
  7. Peuples autochtones > Amérique du Nord > Antiquités
  8. Peuples autochtones > Origines
  9. Antiquities
  10. Indians of North America > Antiquities
  11. Indians > Origin
  12. Paleo-Indians
  13. Vor- und Frühgeschichte
  14. Indiens > Origines
  15. Indiens > Amérique du Nord > Antiquités préhistoriques
  16. Paléoindiens > Amérique du Nord
  17. Paléoindiens > États-Unis (ouest)
  18. Iwi taketake
  19. North America > Antiquities
  20. West (U.S.) > Antiquities
  21. Amérique du Nord > Antiquités
  22. États-Unis (Ouest) > Antiquités
  23. North America
  24. West United States
  25. Nordamerika
  26. Amérique du Nord > Antiquités préhistoriques
  27. États-Unis (ouest) > Antiquités préhistoriques
  28. Indianer
Contents
  1. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-312) and index.