Book
Bones, boats & bison: archaeology and the first colonization of western North America
University of New Mexico Press • Albuquerque • Published In 1999 • Pages:
By: Dixon, E. James.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is an overview of western North America Paleo-Indian traditions and complexes. It provides the defining characteristics and diagnostic attributes for each, and covers important sites, topography and geology at the end of the last ice age, human remains, and theories of how people arrived on the continent. There are brief mentions of sites in South America—Monte Verde, Chile in particular—but the work largely concentrates on sites north of Mexico. Evidence indicates people were in the Americas before Clovis, given the number of sites found throughout the Americas by this time period. Nevertheless, it is acknowledged that finding the very earliest sites will be difficult because there will be few of them and they will contain sparse remains.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Identification
- Diagnostic material attributes
- Topography and geology
- External migration
- Burial practices and funerals
- Routes
- Location
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Paleo-Indian
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2017
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- New World
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- New World
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 13,500-8000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- North America; South America
- NotesAdditional notes
- E. James Dixon
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-312) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 99041913
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Paleo-Indians--North America
- Paleo-Indians--West (U.S.)
- Indians of North America--Antiquities
- Indians--Origin
- North America--Antiquities
- West (U.S.)--Antiquities