Readings:  Bense, chapter 4

               -Mead & Haynes vs. Adovasio in American Antiquity 45(3)

 

Questions for Paleoindian period

 

--Why is there so much disagreement about dates for the Paleoindian period?

--Why do people feel so strongly about the dates for the Paleoindian period?

--Why is the projectile-point material culture from the early Paleoindian periods so homogeneous across the country?

--Why do we have better archaeological records of Late Paleoindian sites in the southeast than early or middle Paleoindian sites?

--How do you think people got to the Americas?