ANTH - Anthropology ANTH 2414 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Vance Haynes, Clovis Culture, Paul Rivet
14 Dec 2017
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The prehistory of america is the period of time that comprises the settlement of the continent until the formation of the great american civilizations. The prehistory of america is subject to constant study given the many questions that remain without conclusive answers such as the theories of settlement and the history and development of many peoples aboriginal americans. America and pre-columbian times often stimulate imagination, myths and assumptions. Certainly or not, they represent a challenge for science in a continent yet to be discovered. Until the last decades of the twentieth century there was a broad consensus on the fact that the human being came to america from siberia through alaska through the beringia. Bridge about 14,000 years ago (theory of late settlement). In recent decades the theory of late settlement is increasingly questioned. The theory of late settlement, also known as. Pleistocene: ale hrdli ka"s theory published in 1937, that the american man had entered through.
