Monday, February 8th

In the last couple of decades, especially with the discovery of Kennewick Man, new theories have come forward in regards to the arrival of people into the American continents. This is a very controversial subject today. Here are a couple of articles I want you to read. Please come prepared with answers to the questions tomorrow. See you then!  You can copy the questions and answer them on a separate sheet of paper.

New Ideas on the Migrations of Ancient American People Groups

  

European migration?

• Questions for European migration:
• Archaeologist Dennis Stanford (one of the 8 plaintiffs in the Kennewick Man case) compared Clovis spearheads with those from Asia what did he find? What did he discover when comparing those spearheads with "Solutrean" toolmakers? Where was Solutrean culture?
• How did these "Solutrean" people arrive then in North America? (Explain)

Australia and the South Pacific?

• Who is Luiza and how does she contradict the Clovis First/Land Bridge theory?
• How did Luiza and others get to the Americas?

Say hello to Kennewick Man!

• How does this process for facial reconstruction work? What do you think of Kennewick Man now? 

Monte Verde site in Chile

• What has been found at the Monte Verde site? Give examples
• How does Monte Verde contradict the Clovis First/Bering Land Bridge theory