ANTH 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Hutu, Radiocarbon Dating, Solutrean
29 Aug 2020
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Different theories re: how humans came to north and south america: the bering land bridge, the pacific coastal route, pacific crossing, the atlantic crossing, multiple entries (3 waves) Proposes that people travelled across the bering land bridge, beringia , from asia about. Ice- free corridor opens between the laurentide and coridllerean glaciers. Considered to be the first/ earliest culture in the americans, clovis first theory. Named for the site clovis, new mexico. Very distinctive large, stone spear points for hunting large animals. Dates to 16000 years bp, but this dating is controversial and not universally accepted. Denali complex and nenana complex tools; microblade technology. People first entered by coming down along the coats before the ice-free corridor appeared (15,000 bp) Ice-free refugia along the coast allowed habitation. People came by boat from polynesia to south america possibly as early as 25-30 thousand years bp.
