ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Topper Site, Solutrean, Na-Dene Languages
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The peopling of eastern north america: the pre-clovis question. Atmospheric c14 content varies over time; therefore can"t convert to calendar dates: can"t convert uncalibrated dates to calendar dates but can for calibrated dates. 450 +/- 50 bp is 1445 +/- 15 cal ad (or ca. U cal years bp cal years bp cal years ad/bc. Big game hunters that came from siberia. Short phenomenon (1000 years) before see other types. Early ideas of the peopling of the americas. Jose de acosta the natural and moral history of the indies". Natives originated from middle east (adam and eve) Moved to america, across asia into north america. Thought natives have been living there for a short period of time- 4000 years. 2 criteria for establishing pleistocene human occupation in americas. Artifacts of indisputable human manufacture recovered in primary depositional context. Realized too large to be contemporary bison. Until his death, accepted it"s an animal that dates to pleistocene.
