Clovis: On the Edge of a New Understanding (Peopling of the Americas Publications)
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (939 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1623492017 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 376 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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The contributing authors presented earlier versions of these chapters at the Clovis: Current Perspectives on Chronology, Technology, and Adaptations symposium held at the 2011 Society for American Archaeology meetings in Sacramento, California. New research and the discovery of multiple archaeological sites predating the established age of Clovis (13,000 years ago) provide evidence that the Americas were first colonized at least one thousand to two thousand years before Clovis. The Clovis culture remains the benchmark for chronological, technological, and adaptive comparisons in research on peopling of the Americas. In seventeen chapters, the researchers provide their current perspectives of the Clovis archaeological record as they address the question: What is and what is not Clovis?. In Clovis: On the Edge of a New Understanding, volume editors Ashley Smallwood and Thomas Jennings bring together the work of many researchers actively studying the Clovis complex. These revelations indicate to researchers that the peopling of the Americas was perhaps a more complex process than previously thought
"The look and feel of solid chapters written by highly competent archaeologists, and edited for readability and uniformity by equally competent editors. Well illustrated and the references are invaluable.Well worth having on the shelf." --Antiquity
"Five Stars" according to Regina Muir. Great book on Clovis and great pictures. "This book is for Professional Archys who take themselves way too seriously, not us armchair students and hobbyists" according to Rough Customer. The color photographs on the cover is excellent, and a lot of the stuff done by the Center for the Study of the First Americans is also excellent, as I have read a number of their publications (Mammoth Trumpet).there is not a single color photograph or color illustration inside the book, every illustration is black and white. The entire book is a combination of about 15 "papers' presented at a "symposium" (meeting) of professional researchers studying the Clovis culture, the meeting in 2011 in Sacrame