The Settlement of the Americas: A New Prehistory - Hardcover

Dillehay, Tom D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0465076688 ISBN 13: 9780465076680

Publisher: Basic Books, 2000

Synopsis

Offers a new theory on the first settlement of the Americas, drawing on archeological evidence from South America to describe how the earliest Americans lived and to speculate on the route they may have taken to arrive in South America.

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Review:

"Gripping and groundbreaking...his passion for and mastery of the topic make for an impressive narrative." Publishers Weekly; "A masterly account...up-to-date, exquisitely balanced, and based on the latest research...the best summary of the subject in a generation." Brian Fagan, author of 'Floods, Famines, and Emperors'

Synopsis:

The first authoritative account to present the new paradigm in American archaeology about the origin of early American culture.. Who were the first Americans? Where did they come from, when did they get here, and how did they settle the Americas? Until three years ago, the Clovis people were credited as the pioneers, arriving across the Bering land bridge at the end of the last Ice Age, no earlier than 12,000 B.C. Now that standard scientific account has been demolished.As the principal investigator since 1977 at Monte Verde, Chile, the most important site in overturning the old theories, Thomas Dillehay spent many years being dismissed for his insistence on the presence of impossibly ancient human artifacts dating back 20,000 years. In the past few years he has been soundly vindicated, and in this book he presents a highly readable account of who the earliest settlers are likely to have been, where they may have landed, and how they dispersed across two continents.

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0465076688
• ISBN 13: 9780465076680
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 371