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New perspectives on the First Americans: introductory remarks

new perspectives on the first americans • College Station • Published In 2004 • Pages: 1-11

By: Lepper, Bradley Thomas, Bonnichsen, Robson.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors give a brief overview of the hypotheses presented in the volume [i]New Perspectives on the First Americans[/i] (2004). These documents were first presented at a conference in 1999.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Reviews and critiques
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Location
External migration
Cultural participation
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
essay
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
14,800-10,900 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
Bradley Lepper and Robson Bonnichsen
Includes bibliographical references (p. 11)
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Paleo-Indians