{"product_id":"9781607810575","title":"Entering America: Northeast Asia And Beringia Before The Last Glacial Maximum","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhere did the first Americans come from and when did they get here? That basic question of American archaeology, long thought to have been solved, is reemerging as a critical issue as the number of well-excavated sites dating to pre-Clovis times (14,000 to 13,000 years ago) increases. Because a continental glacial or ecological barrier was in place from 24,000 to 15,000 years ago, a coastal migration route is often posited. Yet an ice-free coastal route did not open much earlier, and there is little direct evidence to support such a hypothesis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA viable alternative is that small populations of human foragers entered the Americas prior to the creation of this barrier. The archaeological and paleoecological aspects of a post-glacial entry into the Americas have been well studied, but there is little information available on the possibility of a pre-glacial entry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEntering America seeks to fill that void by providing the most up-to-date information on the nature of environmental and cultural conditions in northeast Asia and Beringia (the Bering land bridge) immediately prior to the Last Glacial Maximum. Contributors consider a number of topics, including pre-LGM environmental conditions, models for population expansion, genetic and archaeological evidence, Clovis technology and its derivation, and human occupation of northeast Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the peopling of the New World is a question of international archaeological interest, this volume will be valuable to specialists and nonspecialists alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Utah Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047408386288,"sku":"9781607810575","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781607810575_p0.jpg?v=1763834331","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781607810575","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}