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First Peoples in a New World
David J. Meltzer
其他書名
Colonizing Ice Age America
出版
University of California Press
, 2010
主題
History / Indigenous Peoples in the Americas
History / North America
History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Science / Life Sciences / Evolution
Science / Earth Sciences / Sedimentology & Stratigraphy
Social Science / Anthropology / Physical
Social Science / Archaeology
ISBN
0520267990
9780520267992
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=CHOu4z32q5EC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
"Meltzer's compelling account of the data and the debates takes readers behind the scenes of the often contentious arguments that have redirected the scientific pursuit of the first Americans."--Tom D. Dillehay, author of
The Settlement of the Americas
"In remarkably comprehensive and lucid fashion, Meltzer synthesizes the complex and commonly conflicting evidence for the earliest human presence in the Americas and provides an honestly told lesson about the workings of scientific thought."--David Hurst Thomas, author of
Skull Wars
"A natural storyteller, David Meltzer gives us a vivid picture of both the colonizing bands of humans who moved into the Americas and the researchers who followed their footsteps from Alaska to Chile. This is an insider's account, told with a keen eye and sense of humor, as if Meltzer were there when discoveries were made and when disputes were aired--as, indeed, he often was."--Ann Gibbons, author of
The First Human: The Race to Discover our Earliest Ancestors
"The settling of the Americas has been a first-rate scientific puzzle since Columbus stumbled across the peoples of the Caribbean. David Meltzer is its ideal chronicler: a major participant in the research that is unlocking the mystery and a fine writer with a wry humor. Thank goodness there aren't too many scientists like him--science journalists like me would be out of business."--Charles C. Mann, author of
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
