Contributors
- Bruce Bradley
- Linda Brown
- Tom D. Dillehay
- John Douglas
- Scott A. Elias
- Jon M. Erlandson
- Nina G. Jablonski
- David J. Meltzer
- D. Andrew Merriwether
- Johanna Nichols
- Joseph F. Powell
- A. C. Roosevelt
- Jack Rossen
- Dennis Stanford
- D. Gentry Steele
- Christie G. Turner II
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction Changing Perspectives of the First Americans: Insights Gained and Paradigms Lost
Nina G. Jablonski
Chapter 2: Setting the Stage: Environmental Conditions in Beringia as People Entered the New World
Scott A. Elias
Chapter 3: What Do You Do When No One’s Been There Before? Thoughts on the Exploration and Colonization of New Lands
David J. Meltzer
Chapter 4: Anatomically Modern Humans, Maritime Voyaging, and the Pleistocene Colonization of the Americas
Jon M. Erlandson
Chapter 5: Facing the Past: A View of the North American Human Fossil Record
D. Gentry Steele & Joseph F. Powell
Chapter 6: Teeth, Needles, Dogs, and Siberia: Bioarcheological Evidence for the Colonization of the New World
Christie G. Turner II
Chapter 7: The Migrations and Adaptations of the First Americans: Clovis and Pre-Clovis Viewed from South America
A.C. Roosevelt, John Douglas & Linda Brown
Chapter 8: Plant Food and its Implications for the Peopling of the New World: A View from South America
Tom D. Dillehay & Jack Rossen
Chapter 9: Ocean Trails and Prairie Paths: Thoughts about Clovis Origins
Dennis Stanford & Bruce Bradley
Chapter 10: The First American Languages
Johanna Nichols
Chapter 11: A Mitochondrial Perspective on the Peopling of the New World
D. Andrew Merriwether
Suggested Citation: JABLONSKI, NINA G. (ed.). 2002. The First Americans: The Pleistocene Colonization of the New World. San Francisco, CA: California Academy of Sciences. 331 pp.