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The early settlement of North America: the Clovis era

2003; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 41; Issue: 01 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.41-0396

1943-5975

Gary Haynes,

Archaeology and Natural History

Part I. Fluted Points and the Peopling of the Americas: 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Fin de siecle paradigm-busting, or what's at stake in the debate about the colonizing of North America? 1.3. How do archaeologists address the big unanswered questions about Fluted-Point-Makers? Part II. What is Clovis? The Archaeological Record: 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Clovis archaeological footprints, region by region 2.3. Knowledge and guesswork about the late Pleistocene 2.4. Defining Clovis: is it a culture? 2.5. The course of regional developments: the megamammal connection Part III. Clovis Archaeological Culture: 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Clovis-era technology 3.3. Clovis-era megamammal bone-breakage 3.4. Clovis-era artwork, decorative work, 'symbolic' objects Part IV. The Old and New World Patterns Compared: 4.1. Dispersals and diffusions: old world Upper Paleolithic and new world Clovis 4.2. The American Upper Paleolithic Part V. Figures in the Landscape: Foraging in the Clovis Era: 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Archaeological evidence about hunting and gathering in megamammal landscapes 5.3. Why hunt megamammals? Why not hunt megamammals? Conclusions from Part V. Figures in the Landscapes: Part VI. Colonizing Foragers: 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Colonization theory. Conclusions from Part VI: Complexity in Clovis dispersals Part VII. Unified Conclusions about the Clovis Era: 7.1. Introduction 7.2. The end.