The First Americans: the Pleistocene Colonization of the New World

Octavo in tan-grey coth in tan-brown dust jacket; illus., maps; 331 pp., 26 cm. In English. Conf Author(s): Paul L. and Phyllis Wattis Foundation Endowment Symposium; (4th: 1999: California Academy of Sciences) Abstract: "As modern humans spread around the globe, the Americas represented the final continental frontier. These first colonists were modern in appearance and technology, but who were they and when did they arrive? Traditional answers to these questions have come under increasing scrutiny in the face of new findings from artifacts, skeletal remains, genes, and languages. The peopling of the Americas has become one of archaeology's most compelling and contentious subjects, as these new lines of evidence reveal a more complex solution. In this volume, distinguished scientists from the fields of archaeology, physical anthropology, paleoecology, genetics, and linguistics assess the latest evidence from Siberia to Chile and offer provocative ideas for how, when, and where humans entered the Americas." Fine copy in near fine dust jacket with very light edge wear and light shelf wear; o/w clean tight copy; DJ is clean and bright and free of tears; cloth is clean and free of fraying; boards are free of bumps; pages are like new: clean, crisp, bright and free of marks, creases and notes; edges of pages are clean; binding is tight and square. in near fine dust-jacket.…