There are multiple theories regarding how the first people came to the Americas. Some incorporate boats, and others migration. These theories include the Beringia Theory, the Maritime Theory, the South Pacific/Atlantic Theory, and the Solutrean Theory. Up until the last few years, the Beringia Theory was widely believed. Now, as more evidence is found, other theories are coming into the light.
The Beringia Theory has been the most commonly believed theory by historians. This theory states that the early people traveled across the Bering Land Bridge from Russia to Alaska. These people were Ice Age hunters, who followed their food south, and eventually spread throughout North America. Evidence indicates that they were associated with the time …show more content…
Many dig sites such a Topper, Meadowcroft, and Cactus Hill, have been found to contain artifacts dating back 12,500 years ago. The New York Times article The New World’s Earliest People; Tests Hint Campsite is 15,000 Years Old states that blade-like stone tools were found at a lower level of the Cactus Hill dig site. However, these tools did not closely resemble the Clovis spear points that were found there before, and were dated father back in time. “Welcome to the pre- Clovis world,” said Dr. Dennis Stanford, using the new name for the people from the time of the …show more content…
For one, according to The New World’s Earliest People; Tests Hint Campsite is 15,000 Years Old evidence found at the Topper, Meadowcroft, and Cactus Hill dig sites dates back 12,500 years ago, older than the Maritime and South Pacific/ Atlantic Theories. Also, an article from http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/chapter54/text-CactusHill/text-CactusHill.htm states that archaeologists Lynn and Joseph McAvoy found charcol from a fire pit, preserved under the Clovis layer of the Cactus Hill dig site. Using radiocarbon dating, stratigraphy, and optical stimulus luminescence testing, they were able to date the charcoal back 15,000 years old, still older than the other theories. Finally, the Smithsonian Institute article concludes that remnants of boat were found in Japan, where these people would have originated. The article also confirms that travel by water would have supplied a faster route than by foot (or land bridge), and sufficient food and water resources. Albeit each of these theories may have happened at some point in history, the Solutrean Theory provides the most substantial evidence for how the first humans got to
The Beringia Theory has been the most commonly believed theory by historians. This theory states that the early people traveled across the Bering Land Bridge from Russia to Alaska. These people were Ice Age hunters, who followed their food south, and eventually spread throughout North America. Evidence indicates that they were associated with the time …show more content…
Many dig sites such a Topper, Meadowcroft, and Cactus Hill, have been found to contain artifacts dating back 12,500 years ago. The New York Times article The New World’s Earliest People; Tests Hint Campsite is 15,000 Years Old states that blade-like stone tools were found at a lower level of the Cactus Hill dig site. However, these tools did not closely resemble the Clovis spear points that were found there before, and were dated father back in time. “Welcome to the pre- Clovis world,” said Dr. Dennis Stanford, using the new name for the people from the time of the …show more content…
For one, according to The New World’s Earliest People; Tests Hint Campsite is 15,000 Years Old evidence found at the Topper, Meadowcroft, and Cactus Hill dig sites dates back 12,500 years ago, older than the Maritime and South Pacific/ Atlantic Theories. Also, an article from http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/chapter54/text-CactusHill/text-CactusHill.htm states that archaeologists Lynn and Joseph McAvoy found charcol from a fire pit, preserved under the Clovis layer of the Cactus Hill dig site. Using radiocarbon dating, stratigraphy, and optical stimulus luminescence testing, they were able to date the charcoal back 15,000 years old, still older than the other theories. Finally, the Smithsonian Institute article concludes that remnants of boat were found in Japan, where these people would have originated. The article also confirms that travel by water would have supplied a faster route than by foot (or land bridge), and sufficient food and water resources. Albeit each of these theories may have happened at some point in history, the Solutrean Theory provides the most substantial evidence for how the first humans got to