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The Late Pleistocene dispersal of modern humans in the Americas
Science, new series • 319 (5896) • Published In 2008 • Pages: 1497-1502
By: Goebel, Ted, Waters, Michael R., O'Rourke, Dennis H..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors review the genetic, anthropological, and archaeological evidence for the presence of humans in the Americas prior to Clovis, with a brief consideration of the genetic and archaeological record from Siberia and Beringia.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Location
- Genetics
- External migration
- Comparative evidence
- Lithic industries
- Weapons
- General tools
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Geoarchaeologist
- Genetic Anthropologist
- 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
- 30,000-11,000 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
- Ted Goebel, Michael R. Waters and Dennis H. O'Rourke
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 1501-1502)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 02027780
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Paleo-Indians