HISTO-1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Clovis, New Mexico, Coastal Migration, North South Mrt Line
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Pre-columbian america- 12,000-30,000 years before columbus set sail, people first migrated to the continent of america. Theories of origins- clovis-first theory and coastal migration theory. Clovis-first- a rancher in clovis, new mexico in the early 1900s found the skeleton of a bison after a flood took out part of his ranch. The bison had an arrowhead in it, indicating that it was killed by a human. This was dated to be about 11,000 years old, and for a long time, no older evidence was found of american humans. It was then theorized that humans came from siberia in the north and traveled south through the land to north and south america. Coastal migration theory, challenging clovis- 1998 in chile, a settlement older than. Thor heyerdahl- argued the possibility that settlers came from egypt and africa on rafts made of reed.
