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Synopsis
This account of the archaeology of a cave in southern New Mexico makes a dramatic contribution to the ongoing debate over how long human beings have lived in the Americas. The findings presented here show that human settlement may go back as far as 75,000 years before the present, whereas the long-accepted Clovis dates showed humans only about 12,000 years ago. MacNeish and his colleagues subjected the cave, its environs, and its contents to rigorous interdisciplinary investigation.
The first section of this volume comprises their reports on the changing environment of the area. The second section concentrates on the excavation of the cave's layers, presenting the results of radiocarbon dating and describing the evidence of human occupation, including friction skin prints and human hair. The third section discusses the cultural implications of the materials recovered and suggests how the ancient peoples may have exploited the changing environment and developed different ways of life throughout the Americas before the time of Clovis man.
No serious discussion of early inhabitants in the New World can disregard the findings presented in this monumental work of scholarship.
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In 1990 a small group of archaeologists began excavation of Pendejo Cave in southern New Mexico. Their exhaustive research and surprising discoveries are published for the first time in this monumental volume.
About the Author
The late Richard S. MacNeish (1918-2001) was a distinguished archaeologist especially well known for his studies of early agriculture and the origins of corn.
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- PublisherUniversity of New Mexico Press
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0826324053
- ISBN 13 9780826324054
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages546
- EditorMacNeish Richard S., Libbey Jane G.
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Pendejo Cave
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University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, 2003
ISBN 10: 0826324053
ISBN 13: 9780826324054
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Seller: Back of Beyond Books, Moab, UT, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Stated first edition. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Slight slant to spine; very minor rubbing and bumping to extremities. Pictorial dust jacket with title in gold lettering on cover and spine. Jacket is wrapped in mylar and is not clipped. Minor creasing and wear to edges. Tight binding and clean interior. Includes black-and-white photos and diagrams throughout. Pendejo Cave is a small archaeological site in southern New Mexico that was excavated by Richard S. MacNeish in the early 1990s. This report describes the excavation project and shares MacNeish's controversial conclusion that some of the tools he discovered point to the existence of pre-Clovis, Paleoamerican populations in the American Southwest. Rather scarce in commerce. ; B&W Photographs & Illustrations; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 526 pp. Seller Inventory # 025222
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