ANTH 2050 Chapter : Peopling The Americas
Document Summary
There were people in the americas before ice free corridor. Sea level drop 150m during this glaciation. Exposed ocean floor: wisconsin glaciation in na(last) 2 ice sheets: laurentide and cordilleran. Ice free corridors after 15,000 bp: beringia. Land exposed: lower sea level, no ice. Ushki sites: kamchatka peninsula, 14,000 bp, artifacts similar to those in alaska, bison, reindeer, mammoth and salmon, big questions regarding peopling of the americas. Big game hunters or maritimers/fishermen: evidence (native american origins) Linguistic evidence: glottochronology tracing languages back to their origins/common ancestor, greenberg"s classification method of classifying language families. Archaeological evidence: chronology, material culture, ways of life. Kennewick man: dental traits shovel shaped incisors, multiple waves from different sources 1st wave with sinodonty (similar dentition, linguistic evidence. Joseph greenberg searched for commanilites in languages. People in north america by 14,000bp (meadowcroft, pa) In south america (chile) by 12,500 bp. Several debated claims for earlier occupations: paleo-indian period.
