Philosophia
May 10th, 2008, 09:42 AM
Ancient Beachcombers May Have Travelled Slowly
New evidence, more questions. That's the thumbnail of the first new data reported in 10 years from Monte Verde, the earliest known human settlement in the Americas.
Evidence from the archaeological site in southern Chile confirms Monte Verde is the Americas earliest known settlement and is consistent with the idea that early human migration occurred along the Pacific Coast more than 14,000 years ago, but questions remain about just how rapidly that migration occurred.
"If all the early American groups were following a similar pattern of moving back and forth between inland and coastal areas, then the peopling of the Americas may not have been the blitzkrieg movement to the south that people have presumed, but a much slower and more deliberate process," says Tom Dillehay, professor of anthropology at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., who led the study.
From here (http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111530&org=NSF&from=news)
Here are some more articles:
Early Americans had a coastal diet (http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080508/full/news.2008.808.html?s=news_rss)
New Evidence About Earliest Americans Supports Coastal Migration Theory (http://www.vanderbilt.edu/exploration/stories/monteverde.html)
New evidence, more questions. That's the thumbnail of the first new data reported in 10 years from Monte Verde, the earliest known human settlement in the Americas.
Evidence from the archaeological site in southern Chile confirms Monte Verde is the Americas earliest known settlement and is consistent with the idea that early human migration occurred along the Pacific Coast more than 14,000 years ago, but questions remain about just how rapidly that migration occurred.
"If all the early American groups were following a similar pattern of moving back and forth between inland and coastal areas, then the peopling of the Americas may not have been the blitzkrieg movement to the south that people have presumed, but a much slower and more deliberate process," says Tom Dillehay, professor of anthropology at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., who led the study.
From here (http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111530&org=NSF&from=news)
Here are some more articles:
Early Americans had a coastal diet (http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080508/full/news.2008.808.html?s=news_rss)
New Evidence About Earliest Americans Supports Coastal Migration Theory (http://www.vanderbilt.edu/exploration/stories/monteverde.html)