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Author:

Meltzer, David J.

Title:

First peoples in a new world : colonizing ice age America / David J. Meltzer.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xviii, 446 p. 16 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Paleo-Indians--North America.
Glacial epoch--North America.
North America--Antiquities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-420) and index.

Contents:

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Overture -- On dates and dating -- 2. The landscape of colonization : glaciers, climates, and environments of Ice Age North America -- The Younger Dryas : it came from outer space? -- 3. From Paleoliths to Paleoindians -- A mammoth fraud in science -- 4. The pre-Clovis controversy and its resolution -- A visit to Monte Verde -- 5. Non-archaeological answers to archaeological questions -- And then there was Kennewick -- 6. American origins : the search for consensus -- Looking for Clovis in all the wrong places -- 7. What do you do when no one's been there before? -- 8. Clovis adaptations and Pleistocene extinctions -- Is overkill dead? -- 9. Settling in : Late Paleoindians and the waning Ice Age -- Back to Folsom -- 10. When past and present collide -- Further reading -- Notes -- References -- Index.

ISBN:

0520250524 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520250529 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)244481245

LCCN:

2008035901

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)