Folsom New Archaeological Investigations of a Classic Paleoindian Bison Kill
| Author/creator | Meltzer, David J. Author |
| Other author | Balakrishnan, Meena Contribution by |
| Other author | Dorward, Donald A. Contribution by |
| Other author | Holliday, Vance T. Contribution by |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Berkeley : University of California Press |
| Description | 374 p. ill 11.180 x 08.720 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Summary | Annotation In the late 1920s outside a sleepy remote New Mexico village, prehistory was made. Spear points, found embedded between the ribs of an extinct Ice Age bison at the site of Folsom, finally resolved decades of bitter scientific controversy over whether the first Americans had arrived in the New World in Ice Age times. Although Folsom is justly famous in the history of archaeology for resolving that dispute, for decades little was known of the site except that it was very old. This book for the first time tells the full story of Folsom. David J. Meltzer deftly combines the results of extensive new excavations and laboratory analyses from the late 1990s, with the results of a complete examination and analysis of all the original artifacts and bison remains recovered in the 1920s - now scattered in museums and small towns across the country. Using the latest in archaeological method and technique, and bringing in data from geology and paleoecology, this interdisciplinary study provides a comprehensive look at the adaptations and environments of the late Ice Age Paleoindian hunters who killed a large herd of bison at this spot, as well as a measure of Folsom's pivotal role in American archaeology. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2006002482 |
| ISBN | 9780520246447 |
| ISBN | 0520246446 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780520246447 |
| Stock number | 00027125 |
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