Land Bridge
What is the name for the land bridge that early Americans traveled?
Beringia
Artifact most associated with Clovis?
Clovis spear points
The people traveling the coast in boats had what rich food source?
Kelp
Unique artifacts found in Atlantic shoreline that suggested people may have arrived from Europe.
Bi-face spear points
Area in Mexico where the ancient woman skeleton was found.
Yucatan Peninsula
The name for the large mammals that early Americans hunted.
Megafauna
The continents connected by the land bridge were __________________ and _________________.
Asia & North America
State where Clovis culture was first found?
New Mexico
Name of the two important individual skeletons found in Americas?
Eva and Kennewick Man
The Solutrean culture was from these countries (3).
Spain, France, Portugal
One study of ancient man said he might have arrived by boat from what islands?
Japan or Polynesia
The name of the pathway early people traveled across Canada.
Ice Free Corridor
What caused the land bridge to exist in the first place?
The Ice Age that froze much of the Earth's water.
Name of similar site of bones found before and close to Clovis?
Folsom
Ancient village in South America that is as old as the Clovis culture? (Long Long Ago Readings)
Monte Verde
The Solutreans would have followed this to get to America.
Ice Cap, Ice Bridge, Ice
Modern country where Monte Verde village is located?
Chile
The study of the layers of soil or rock. (Long Long Ago Reading)
Stratigraphy
The sea level during the ice age was how much lower?
400 feet lower
Pathway that Clovis were believed to have traveled?
Ice Free Corridor/Land Bridge/Beringia
The unique bones from this location looked like the Aborigine people of Australia. (Long Long Ago Reading)
Lagoa Santa, Brazil
Specific location where the Solutrean like artifacts were found.
Chesapeake Bay in Maryland
River in Washington state where the "Ancient One" was found.
Columbia River
The method used to determine age of ancient "once living" things.
Radio-carbon dating
The approximate time period researchers says the land bridge and Ice Age ended. (how many years ago)
20,000 years ago
Approximate age of Clovis sites and culture? (time frame)
15,000 years ago
The time frame of Eva that proved people were here before Clovis? (How many years ago)
13,500 years ago
The greatest challenge to the Solutrean Theory is what missing evidence?
No skeletons, no DNA
People migrated to this continent 40-60 thousand years ago, early people did use boats.
Australia
Research about these two aspects of modern Native Americans found early people came in at least three main migrations. (Long Long Ago Reading)
Languages and Teeth