ANTH 2050 : ANTH2050 Test 2 Notes
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Exposed ocean floor: so large plains visible. Wisconsin glaciation in north america: 2 ice sheets: laurentide and cordilleran, non-synchronized fluctuations, ice free corridors after 15,000, the people came before the corridor. Land exposed: lower sea level, no ice (less precipitation) The ushki sites: kamchatka peninsula, 14,000 years ago, artifacts similar to those found in africa, bison, reindeer, mammoth, and salmon. After or before 15,000 (creation of ice-free corridors) A costal route possibly or inland ice-free corridors. Archeological evidence: chronology, material culture, ways of life (paleo-indian or archaic) Similarity with asians (exception kennwick man) Dental traits: sinodonty (shovel-shaped incisors, root different) Epicanthic fold (responsible for making asians look like they have squinty eyes) Multiple waves from different sources (first wave with sinodonty) Joseph greenburg: amerind, aleut- a. k. a the eskimos. People in north america as early as 14,000 (meadowcraft, pennsylvania) People reached south america (chile) by 12,500 [mount verde site] Discovered the plains in 1930"s at kill sites.
