ANTA01H3 Lecture : Class 10.docx
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Long standing theory was that asian migrants moved into the americas in numerous waves along the. Bering strait land bridge and through ice free corridor. Following herds of mammoths and other large animals. Numerous early sites suggest that perhaps the americas were inhabited much earlier. Following the coastline instead of the land bridge. Archaeology suggests that they used boats, and didn"t walk on the bridge. Earliest sites at 27kya due to inhospitable environment, flourishing at 18 kya and again at 13 kya. They hunted wooly mammoth, bison, and reindeer. Similar tool industries between siberia and america, but with some time lag. Meadowcroft rockshelter, near pittsburgh, pennsylvania 12. 8 kya. Topper in south carolina, artifacts below the clovis deposit date to 20kya and charcoal to 50kya. Monte verde, chile range from 13. 5 11. 8 kya. Tools lacked traits that the tool was deliberately made [topper] During glaciations, the continental shelf was exposed. Therefore coastal sites may be present, hundreds of meters below water.
