ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
This discovery in New Mexico in 1935 long represented the earliest evidence of First Peoples in Americas.
What are Clovis projectile points?
These were the First Peoples of North America.
Who are the Paleoindians
This analysis tool is expensive but becoming important for archaeologists studying origins.
What is DNA analysis?
Aboriginal peoples believe they have been here since this time.
What is "Time Immemorial"?
"BP" stands for this archaeological dating term.
What is "Before Present"?
This type of dating allows archaeologists to analyze artifacts containing carbon.
What is radiocarbon dating?
These people adapted their projectile points specifically for bison hunting.
Who are the Plano peoples
These scientists study past societies by analyzing human remains.
Who are physical anthropologists?
This type of story explains Aboriginal peoples' origins in their own traditions.
What is a creation story?
Monte Verde findings in this continent challenged the Clovis timeline.
What is South America?
This disappeared around 10,000-7,000 years BP, forcing the Plano peoples to adapt their hunting.
What were big game animals/mammoths?
This First Nations group centered in the Maritimes belongs to the Algonquian language family.
Who are the Mi'kmaq
These experts study how languages evolve and relate to culture over time.
Who are linguists?
This bias led many researchers to stop looking for evidence earlier than Clovis.
What is paradigm bias?
This river is where Kennewick Man's remains were discovered in 1996.
What is the Columbia River?
Located in central Nova Scotia, this site contained evidence from the Clovis era from 10,600 years BP.
What is Debert
This ancient culture existed in western Europe from 21,000 to 18,000 years ago.
What is the Solutrean culture
Evidence from these experts suggests multiple migrations of First Peoples to Americas.
What are physical anthropologists?
This concept represents one's view of the world and relationship to it.
What is worldview?
This term refers to the long, rounded grooves appearing on implements.
What is fluted?
Evidence suggests this was a 2000km wide grassy plain during 50,000-13,500 years BP
What is the Bering Strait/Beringia
The name given to skeletal remains found in Washington State that sparked controversy.
Who is Kennewick Man?
The presence of this in North America suggests First Peoples arrived before Clovis era.
What is linguistic diversity?
This conflict arose between scientists and Aboriginal groups over studying remains.
What are ethical/cultural conflicts?
The dependent and interdependent relationships among places on Earth.
What is globalization?