Peopling of North America.

Catalog description

Introduction to the earliest evidence of human occupation of North America. Covered topics include the origins of the indigenous populations, the timing of the initial colonization, the number of migration events, paleoenvironment reconstruction, and causes for megafaunal extinctions. A variety of evidence will be discussed in detail, including chronology, paleoenvironmental data, the material culture, modern and ancient genetics, and linguistic prehistory. Political and social dimensions of conducting research on origins of Native Americans are also reviewed.