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Folsom: New Archaeological Investigations of a Classic Paleoindian Bison Kill
David J. Meltzer
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Description for Folsom: New Archaeological Investigations of a Classic Paleoindian Bison Kill
Hardback. Tells the story of Folsom. Using various archaeological methods and techniques, and bringing in data from geology and paleoecology, this study provides a 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 role in American archaeology. Num Pages: 387 pages, 63 b/w photographs, 53 line illustrations, 67 tables. BIC Classification: HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 971.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
387
Condition
New
Number of Pages
388
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520246447
SKU
V9780520246447
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About David J. Meltzer
David J. Meltzer is Henderson-Morrison Professor of Prehistory in the Department of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University. He is editor of Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley, 150th Anniversary Edition by E.G. Squier and E. H. Davis, and author of Search for the First Americans, among other books.
Reviews for Folsom: New Archaeological Investigations of a Classic Paleoindian Bison Kill
"This book has been nearly 100 years in the making. Since its discovery in 1908, the full story of the Folsom site has been waiting to be told. Finally, it's all here between two covers - the site itself, and the story of its discovery." - Robert Kelly, author of The Foraging Spectrum, and former president of the Society for ... Read more