Strangers in a New Land
What Archaeology Reveals about the First Americans
Published on 1. December 2016
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-1-77085-363-8 (ISBN)
Description
Where did Native Americans come from and when did they first arrive? Several lines of evidence, most recently genetic, have firmly established that all Native American populations originated in eastern Siberia.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ontario
Canada
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
Over 325 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 282 mm
Width: 232 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
1766 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77085-363-8 (9781770853638)
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J. M. Adovasio has overseen over four decades of archaeological research at the renowned Meadowcroft Rockshelter, one of the best dated pre-Clovis sites in the Western Hemisphere. Adovasio is author of over 250 journal articles and five books, including, with Olga Soffer, The Invisible Sex: Uncovering the True Roles of Women in Prehistory. He is currently a Research Associate of the Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh.
David Pedler is Editor at the Lighting Research Center, School of Architecture, Rensselaer University and a Research Associate of the Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh.