The “Clovis First” theory is extremely interesting. The “Clovis First” theory suggests that these people traveled from Siberia to the North America approximately 13,500-12,500 years ago. The sea levels were much lower during this time which exposed a stretch of land called the Bering land bridge. The Bering land bridge connects Siberia to Alaska. Once these people reached Alaska, they were nearly home free. During this time, geological evidence suggests that the Northern part of North America was cover in large glaciers. Possibly due to warm weather, this ice sheet receded creating the Cordilleran and the Laurentide ice sheets. This created a pathway for the Siberians to travel south and spread across North America. Clovis people were hunter-gatherers …show more content…
This theory is earlier than the “Clovis First” theory, occurring pre-13,500 years ago. Two main sites have been found that suggests this is the way these people got to the New World. The Meadowcroft Rock Shelter of west Pennsylvania inhabits stone tools that radiocarbon date back to 23,000 and 15,500 years ago. Another site with artifacts, Monte Verde that of south Chile dated back to 15,000 years ago which is 1,500 years older than Clovis. These dates suggest that humanity expanded into the New World much earlier that 13,500-12,500 years ago which is what the “Clovis First” theory suggests. The route of travel was along the Pacific coast; however, there is no evidence of sites along the coast from Alaska to California which implies that these people traveled by boat or closely to the shoreline. Granted, there is no evidence of sites along the coast, but it is extremely possible that the water levels were lower than they are …show more content…
The last influx model, the “Early Arrival” theory, may have been taking place up to 50,000 years ago when the Wisconsinin Glacial maximum was just beginning. The earliest habitation site of east Siberia was the Yana River site dating back to about 33,000 years ago. Older levels of the Monte Verde in south Chile have been dated back to 33,000 years ago. One of the most fascinating sites that supports the “Early Arrival” theory is Pedra Furada Rock Shelter of East Central Brazil. The art in this shelter dates back to between 25,000 and 36,000 years ago. The most common art found in this shelter is red deer. The fascinating thing is that during that time period, red deer were only found in North America, Europe, and parts of Asia. Some skeletal remains that support this theory are Anzick Child who was found in Montana dating back to 12,600 years ago, and Kennewick Man who was found in Kennewick, Washington dating back to 9,000 years ago. This skeletal remains are old; however, there has been a recent finding North of Austin at the Friedkin site that dates back to 15,500 years
The firs settlement of the site was in 1874. Over the years, it received significant attention from the arrow head collectors. According to XXX, from then until 1964, collecting activity increased, and 3-5 ft. of surface deposits had been stripped over an area of some 5,000 ft2. Research by the University of Calgary at the site began in 1965, the tests demonstrated that the site was in excess of 3,000 years old. The artifacts found in the site from the past excavations including tipi rings, buried camps rock alignments, cairns, eagle-trapping pits, vision-quest structures, pictographs, and burials.
The theory states that a small group of hunter-gatherers, known as the Clovis people, migrated from Siberia to Alaska by crossing Beringia during the Great Ice Age. At the time of the Clovis people Beringia would have been about 600 miles wide and 55 miles long because of the Ice Age (The First Settlers Arrive in South America). The Clovis culture was short-lived. It began between 13,300 and 13, 500 years ago and ended about 800 years later because of extreme climate change (Bering Strait Migration Begins). Based on the discovery of It is believed that the Clovis people migrated to the Americas about 13, 000 years ago. Scientists added on to the Clovis First theory, in the late 1800s, saying that they believed that the hunter-gatherers had crossed the bridge because they were following big game. According to the theory, even though they got their name from the site in New Mexico, where the first Clovis points were found, the Clovis people actually settled a vast majority of the North America. Sites with Clovis points have been discovered as far north as Canada and Alaska and as far south as Mexico. They have also been found spread across the country from the west coast, in California, to the east coast, in
Alan Taylor is trying to prove that the story of America does not begin with the American Revolution. When, humans first encountered America between 12, 000- 15,000 years is where the story of American first starts. Alan Taylor's thesis is true because, prior to the American Revolution the Siberians arrived in America and settled from the tip of South America to as high as Alaska. Later European empires invaded and conquered several regions of America. Alan Taylor proves that the settlement of America does not begin in the 1492 but rather about 12,000 to 15,000 years earlier. The early Americans migrated from North Eastern Asia and entered in small boats along the coast. Some other hypothesis is that the earliest humans walked along a land
There are three parts in West’s book; the first part focuses on the sociological, ecological and economic relationships of the plains Indians, starting with the first establish culture of North America, the Clovis peoples. Going into extensive detail pertaining to early geology and ecology, West gives us a glimpse into what life on the early plains must have looked to early peoples. With vastly differing flora and fauna to what we know today, the early plains at the end of the first ice age, were a different place and lent itself to a diverse way of life. The Clovis peoples were accomplished hunters, focusing on the abundance of Pleistocene megafauna such as earlier, larger forms of bison. Though, little human remains were found, evidence of their s...
Quinn, David B. North America From Earliest Discovery to First Settlements. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1977.
Christopher Columbus discovered the America’s for Spain in 1492. The explorers and settlers that settled in Central and South America were mostly Spanish and Portuguese. The English took notice of the Spanish success in the America’s, so they decided to explore the upper part of the America’s, North America, in the late 1500’s.
This all began when Sir Walter Raleigh, a wealthy courtier, sought-after permission from Queen Elizabeth I to establish a colony in North America. On March 25th 1584 he got a charter to start the colony. Raleigh funded and authorized the expedition .He sent two explorers by the names of Phillip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe to claim land for the queen,they departed on the west side of England on April 27th . On May 10 they arrived at the Canaries, a series of islands near the northwest coast of mainland Africa. They arrived at the West Indies on June 10 and stayed there for twelve days then left. On July 4 the explorers saw North American land, they sailed for nine days more looking for an entryway to the sea or river and found one on June 13th. They then set off to explore the land and place it on the map . After they went back two additional journeys there followed after. One group arrived in 1585 and went there for...
-New Evidence Puts Man in North America 50,000 Years Ago. Sciencedaily. 2004. Retrieved from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/11/041118104010.htm
Debate started to arise when an archaeologist by the name of Thomas D. Dillehay found artifacts of people existing 14,600 years ago, before Clovis, in Monte Verde, a site in southern Chile. These people slept in hide tents, had access to seafood and potatoes, and shared similar characteristics to other artifacts found in North Ame...
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The first Indians to set foot in the western hemisphere were the Paleo-Indians. The Paleo-Indians crossed the land bridge called the Beringia (Roark 6). They are estimated to have arrived at least by 14,000 BP (Roark 6). Research shows that the Paleo-Indians
Considering historical evidence, the notion: Native –Americans was not the first inhabitant of America is a complete false. For centuries, history kept accurate and vivid accounts of the first set of people who domiciled the western hemisphere. Judging by those records, below are the first set of Native-American people who inhabited America before the arrival of another human race; the Iroquois: The Iroquois of Native Americans was one of the tribes that lived in America before other people came. Based on historical evidence, it is believed that the Native Americans came from Asia way back during the Ice Age through a land bridge of the Bering Strait. When the Europeans first set foot in America, there were about 10 million Native Americans
The first criticism of this theory was the fact from recent studies that the ice-free corridor did not exist until about 12,000 years ago. This makes it too late to serve as the route for the Clovis people's journey to America.... ... middle of paper ... ... Before long, their descendants became known as the Clovis people.
Muzzey talks about the European settlers introducing the civilization to the New World. May 6, 1607, 104 colonist arrived at the Chesapeake Bay by 3 ships. Most of these colonist brought over were men for labor. Colonist were lucky to survive through their first winter because the Indians helped supply them the goods. The colonist neglected to plant corn and take care of good while searching for the gold. There were nearly one thousand colonists by 1624. (Muzzey) Bailey’s text calls the colonist Spaniards. There were about 200 Spanish towns and cities in North and South America by 1574, 33 years before the first English shelter in Virginia. There was a total of about 160,000 Spaniards, mainly...
The going theory of the First Americans is the ever-popular land bridge hypothesis, which connected Siberia and Alaska. This is believed to have happened at least twice during the ice ages between 32,000 and 36,000 years ago and, again between 13,000 and 28,000 years ago. This repeated connection took place where the eastern and western hemispheres come the closest to one another. The best illustration that I found explaining the land bridge was the analogy made to a seesaw. On one side being the glaciers and on the other side is sea level. When the glaciers get bigger or "go up" the sea level withdraws or "goes down". Basically when all the earth's water is in the form of snow or ice sea level is lowered. At least 180 feet lower to form that Siberian land connection. Direct proof of this...