This history of the first people to settle in the New World starts with a summary of the archaeology of Clovis-fluted point-makers in North America. Gary Haynes evaluates the wide range of interpretations given to facts about the Clovis. He then presents his own fully developed and integrated theory, which incorporates vital new biological, ecological, behavioral and archaeological data.
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"...The Early Settlement of North America [is] most impressive. Haynes presents a wide-ranging, lively, detailed discussion of his ideas and supporting data." Science
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The Clovis Era in a Mammoth-Haunted Continent is a compelling read for all those interested in the history of the first people to settle in the New World. Starting with a summary of the archaeology of Clovis fluted points in North America, Gary Haynes first evaluates the wide range of interpretations that have been given to the facts about Clovis, then presents his own fully developed and integrated theory, which incorporates vital new biological, ecological, behavioural and archaeological data.
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Clovis Tradition, first Americans?,
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This book is a gem. There is no other book about the first Americans that has such an even handed thoughtful analysis of the complex array of data involved in the controversy. Haynes is one of the key players in this controversy and his research has cleared up much of the confusion around what can be considered reliable archaeological evidence of human presence. His work with African elephants throws considerable light on how bones can be broken or otherwise altered by natural processes and appear as pseudoartifacts. The book provides a rich background and is written in a readable style for most scientically literate readers. It should be on the shelf of any anthropologist, archaeologist, geologist, ecologist, or enthusiast interested in the peopling of the Americas at the end of the Pleistocene.
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Human Behavior Ecology in Clovis,
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This book was a thoughtful reinterpretation of the existing data pertaining to the nature of Clovis lifeways and settlement in the New World. Rather than concerning himself with the nature or timing of the first Americans, Haynes introduces an ecological perspective to the study of Clovis, a population movement model in which adopting a very specialized adaptive strategy would enable a 'fugitive' culture such as Clovis to spread rapidly throughout the New World.
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I read this book back in May 2001, and it is a very nice comprehensive book on Paleo Americans. The book is not so technical that a person with some familiarity with paleo science is able to understand and enjoy it. A few of the topics were not things that interest me, but they might interest you. This book covers many subjects, from hafting of Clovis projectiles, to modern replication of butchering, to comparisons of old and new world technology, dispersal, foraging, extinction, adhesives, etc. Well worth the money, and re-reading several times.
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The beginning of prehistory in the Americas is a moving target. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
toolstone sources, biogeographic migration, megamammal bones, mastodont bones, archeological visibility, noncultural processes, hackle lines, fluted points, peopling process, fluted bifaces, flaked bones, broken mammoth, archeological interpretations, mammoth site, ofthe continent, archeological culture, human foragers, shaft wrench, workshop debris, stemmed points, bone technology, bone rods, fluted projectile points, procurement rates, modern elephants Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, New World, Upper Paleolithic, United States, Great Lakes, Last Glacial Maximum, Great Basin, Murray Springs, Blackwater Locality, High Plains, Monte Verde, Native Americans, East Wenatchee, Younger Dryas, Bull Brook, Dennis Stanford, Nova Scotia, Shawnee Minisink, South America, Late Glacial, Middle Atlantic, Pleasant Lake, Cactus Hill, New Mexico, Blackwater Draw New!
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toolstone sources, biogeographic migration, megamammal bones, mastodont bones, archeological visibility, noncultural processes, hackle lines, fluted points, peopling process, fluted bifaces, flaked bones, broken mammoth, archeological interpretations, mammoth site, ofthe continent, archeological culture, human foragers, shaft wrench, workshop debris, stemmed points, bone technology, bone rods, fluted projectile points, procurement rates, modern elephants Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, New World, Upper Paleolithic, United States, Great Lakes, Last Glacial Maximum, Great Basin, Murray Springs, Blackwater Locality, High Plains, Monte Verde, Native Americans, East Wenatchee, Younger Dryas, Bull Brook, Dennis Stanford, Nova Scotia, Shawnee Minisink, South America, Late Glacial, Middle Atlantic, Pleasant Lake, Cactus Hill, New Mexico, Blackwater Draw New!
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- Clovis: Origins and Adaptations by Robson Bonnichsen on 12 pages
- Ice Age Peoples of North America: Environments, Origins, and Adaptations of the First Americans by Robson Bonnichsen on 7 pages
- Quaternary Extinctions: A Prehistoric Revolution by Paul S. Martin on 6 pages
- The First Americans: Search and Research (Telford Press) by Thomas D. Dillehay on 5 pages
- New Evidence for the Pleistocene Peopling of the Americas (Peopling of the Americas, Symposia Series) by Alan Lyle Bryan on 5 pages
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- Climate Change in Prehistory: The End of the Reign of Chaos by William James Burroughs in Back Matter
- Twilight of the Mammoths: Ice Age Extinctions and the Rewilding of America (Organisms and Environments) by Paul S. Martin on page 129
- Reflections on Anthropology: A Four-Field Reader by Katherine Dettwyler on page 146
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