The origins of the first settlers in the Americas

The recent proposal that North America was first settled by Upper Palaeolithic people from Europe who crossed the Atlantic along the edge of the Arctic ice sheet has generated considerable controversy. Here Michael O'Brien and colleagues challenge the evidence that has been presented in support...

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Published in:Antiquity
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Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2014
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0003598x00101218 2024-03-03T08:41:40+00:00 The origins of the first settlers in the Americas 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00101218 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0003598X00101218 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Antiquity volume 88, issue 340, page 606-606 ISSN 0003-598X 1745-1744 General Arts and Humanities Archeology journal-article 2014 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00101218 2024-02-08T08:28:30Z The recent proposal that North America was first settled by Upper Palaeolithic people from Europe who crossed the Atlantic along the edge of the Arctic ice sheet has generated considerable controversy. Here Michael O'Brien and colleagues challenge the evidence that has been presented in support of that hypothesis. There follows a response by Dennis Stanford and Bruce Bradley, and a closing reply from O'Brien et al. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Ice Sheet Cambridge University Press Arctic Antiquity 88 340 606 606
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