Do you think Clovis was first? Do you agree with the "Black Mat" theory? Here's where you can weigh in...
The Clovis culture is the earliest well-established human culture in the North American continent
An article on Tony Baker's ideas about the New World Entrada, when it took place, and why he maintains a steady belief that human entry into the Americas occurred within the past 15,000 years.
The Nenana Valley of central Alaska is the site of one of the earliest archaeological occupations in the North American continent.
A bibliography of articles and books on the Clovis period and its possible precursor, Pre-Clovis
From your guide to Archaeology, a collection of references.
In his recent book, James Dixon summarizes all of the data concerning the timing of the populating of the American continent,.
Tony Baker of the fabulous
Lithics site, wrote this discussion of lithic materials; Bruce Bradley added his comments later.
In the June 2005 issue of the open source journal Public Library of Science Biology (PLoS Biology), Rutgers geneticist Jody Hey reports that the founding population of the New World may have been no larger than 70 individuals.
In Lost World, journalist Tom Koppel describes his adventures hanging out with archaeologists investigating an intriguing topic indeed--When did the first colonization of the American continents occur?
Article in Archaeology magazine about la Caverna da Pedra Pintada, in Brazil.
An article in Atlantic Monthly on the effects the Clovis/pre-Clovis debate has had on hyper-diffusionism, by Marc K. Stengel.
Brian Fagan's book The Great Journey: The Peopling of Ancient America is a classic book on a classic problem; and the depth of field seen in this text is one that should sit on everyone's bookshelf.
