Geography 2010A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Wyandot People, Thule People, Terra Nullius
1 Mar 2017
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Old world hunters in alaska/yukon were blocked from proceeding south due to an ice sheet 4km thick. 15,000 years ago, the great melt began and the old world hunters migrated. The migration route they took has two possibilities: evidence indicates that 13,000 years ago, paleo-indians (clovis) inhabited new. Mexico and pre-clovis people may have occupied the americas: 1. Old world hunters blocked by the ice sheet were able to migrate south. The ice-free corridor appeared 13,000/14,000y ago and the first people travelled along the corridor into north america. Ancient hunters evolved into the paleo-indians 13,000bp (years before the present: 2. Old world hunters arrived at the interior of north america prior to the ice sheet melting by island hopping along the sea edge of the cordillera. Ice sheet until they reached the unglaciated us pacific coast. Archaeological evidence is lacking because evidence would be below the.
