Models of migration to the New World

Andre Freire 1. The Pacific Coast Migration Model theory states that hunters and gatherers traveled in boats along the Pacific Coast line and into the Americas. This theory can neither be totally confirmed nor denied because of the rise in sea level and therefore lack of evidence. Although there is no definite proof of this model, seafaring cultures found in the Pacific Rim support that people may have traveled from Asia into the Americas by boat. Another theory on the population of the Americas is the Ice Free Corridor. The Ice Free Corridor is a pathway between glacial slabs that traversed from Beringia to British Columbia. Hunters and gatherers are said to have chased bison and other megafauna through this ice free corridor and…

humans came to the New World through the coastal route or the continental route. For both sides there is an abundant amount of compelling evidence for one to come up with their own conclusion. There are a variety of arguments for where the migration came from like: Asia, Europe, or Beringia. The Asia argument asserts the first migrants came from Siberia, the Solutrean hypothesis argues that people came from Europe (Oppenheimer et al,. 2014). In Beringia there was ice-free corridor between Asia…

Even though there are other possibilities that other migrated routes existed in America, the significance of prehistoric Beringia and the part it portrayed in “The Peopling of the Americas” in my opinion, considered to be incontestable. The first considerable empirical evidence to support the land bridge theory started with the findings of the spear points located by Clovis, New Mexico during the early 20th century. They could describe the variety of objects made by human beings, identical to…

The author begins by stating that this theory dates back to a Jesuit Missionary in 1590 who believed these people could not have evolved ‘in-situ’ (O’Neill 2004, 6). This was due to a religious explanation in which God created Adam and Eve in the old world, therefore, people must have migrated (O’Neill 2004, 7). While this idea is not widely accepted anymore, the migration model is one of great prominence. This book uses science to prove why the Bering land bridge is the best hypothesis to…

were created. The theories are the Beringia, Maritime, Solutrean, and the South Pacific/Atlantic. Each theory has created lots of controversy in our world. Here is what the evidence supports. The Beringia theory states that the first people came across the Bering landbridge. The glacier then retreated leaving a path towards modern day America. The reason for coming in this direction was to follow their source of food. These were animals like Mastodons. As the glacier retreated the climate…

The optimists in the context of migration were mainly influenced by the neo-classical, developmental and modernization paradigms which are associated with functional perspectives in society (De Haas, 2010: 231). The emergence of literature on migration in the 1880’s was ground-breaking to the discourse of population movement at a global level. Ravenstein’s publications (1885; 1889) where his famous ‘laws of migration’ were illustrated are still considered as the mainstay, foundation, and genesis…

Methodology The discussion thus far has been about macro-micro theoretical approaches of international migration and its impacts on migrant-receiving countries. The topic has also become a source of conversation in the literature, by having academics who suggest arguments for and against respectively. Articles used in this review have also spoken about the way in which the evidence is gathered. Scholars have studied the topic of international migration for many years, whilst searching for…

that were native to the New World, specifically, the Northeast Woodland Region, before the English had colonized it. The Powhatan Tribe chose to live in this region because the rivers there helped them stay clean, transport places, and irrigate crops easier. The Powhatan Tribe established in 1580 by Wahunsonacock, who created the Powhatan Confederacy that consisted of about 30 tribes. The Powhatan Confederacy was unlike democratic tribes in the way that their leaders had absolute control and…

has an inverse relation with migration from rural to urban areas; however the marginal effects are minimal. This means that people who have a reasonable means of living in the rural area wouldn’t consider migration as a feasible decision and the rural urban migrants are mostly the ones having fewer opportunities to make a living in the rural setup. These finding somewhat supports the Harris Todaro and Lewis theory of rural urban migration. Land ownership and rural urban migration have a positive…

Below is a review of The Age of Mass Migration: Causes and Economic Impact by Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson. Between 1850 and 1914, about 55 million Europeans left for North and South America- the New World- and other European countries in search for better living conditions. Although wars, oppressed religious minorities and ethnic cleansing played important roles, the main determinant of this mass migration were economic reasons. Therefore, with an economic and barefacedly…