Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 360 pages
- Published by: Cambridge University Press December 16, 2002
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0521524636
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0521524636
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Book Dimensions:
9.7 x 6.8 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 1.6 pounds
Product Review
"The Early Settlement of North America [is] most impressive. Haynes presents a wide-ranging, lively, detailed discussion of his ideas and supporting data." Science
Product Description
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.
Reader Reviews
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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