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Clovis Revisited: New Perspectives on Paleoindian Adaptations from Blackwater Draw, New Mexico (University Museum Monograph, 103)

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Clovis Revisited brilliantly addresses a major concern for modern archeology-- the interpretation of old museum collections in light of new archeological evidence. Archeology is by its very nature an adventuresome out-of-doors endeavor that is seen as a somewhat rugged "back to nature" kind of science. Behind this thin veil, however, is the true nature of archeological discovery-- the lab work. Unfortunately, many of the world's greatest archeological discoveries were made fifty to one hundred years ago, before the advent of modern archeological lab methods. The Blackwater Draw site in New Mexico, the type site of the Clovis culture, is one such site. That problem, however, was solved by Drs. Boldurian and Cotter in Clovis Revisited. This text provides a reanalysis of all the materials collected from the Blackwater Draw in the 1930s and 40s and systematically describes all the Clovis type specimens. This book is a must have for anybody, professional or otherwise, who is interested in the Clovis culture and the first discovery of the Americas.

The book makes a review of the Clovis-type site, with good contributions on the history of the discovery and the first years of works in the site. The work has the contribution of John Cotter that participated in the field works at the site on the middle-end of the 30'.The book possesses good drawings and pictures with detailed descriptions of the lithic technology recovered in Blackwater Draw site in New Mexico. The book possesses a database of the artifacts recovered in the site that is interesting to the researchers of the Paleoindian archaeology.

El libro hace un repaso del sitio tipo Clovis, con buenos aportes sobre la historia del descubrimiento y los primeros años de trabajos en el sitio. El trabajo tiene el aporte de John L. Cotter que participó en los trabajos de campo a mediados-finales de la década de 30 en el sitio. El libro posee buenos dibujos y fotografías con detalladas descripciones de los artefactos recuperados en el sitio Blackwater Draw, en Nuevo Mexico. El libro posee una base de datos de los artefactos del sitio que es interesante a los investigadores del periodo Paleoindio.