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38 Cards in this Set
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Clark Whistler
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divided America into cultural areas
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Alfred Kroger |
Realized not all Indian groups were the same
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Tom Dillenhay |
1976 Monte Verde exploration |
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Franz Boaz |
Father of American Anthropology |
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Jose de Acosta |
Jesuit Priest, Theory natives came from land bridge |
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Bartoleme de las Casas |
Spanish bishop for native rights |
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Clovis Sites (6) |
Sheridan Cave (Ohio) Fenn Cache (Utah/Wyoming/Idaho) Colby Site (Wyoming) Gault Site (Texas) Lamb Site (NY) Drake Cache (Colorado) |
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Diffusion |
Spread of ideas |
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independent invention |
something happening at the same time in different areas |
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law of association |
artifacts found at same strata from similar time period |
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law of superpostition |
further down in ground older it gets |
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beringia land bridge |
under Berring straight. between alaska and russia. Last closed 15,000 BC |
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Arctic Traditions |
1. Arctic Small Tools 2. Norton Tradition 3. Dorset Tradition 4. Thule Tradition |
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Solutrean Theory |
Precedents of clovis came from Europe |
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Clovis Culture |
9000 BC. Moved across Americas. Oldest tradition in US. lasted 300yrs |
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Folson |
type of point/culture after clovis |
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Kenowick Man |
Discovered in 1996 in Washington STate. 9500/9000 years old. Scientists vs. Umatilla and Army cops |
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Pre Clovis Sites |
1. Ayers Pond, Washington 2. Topped Site, South Carolina 3. Buttermilk Site, Texas 4. Cactus Hill, VA 5. Meadowcroft Rock Shelter, PA |
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Ozette |
1 AD. Washington Olympic peninsula. Makan tribe. Whales. Richard Daughtry excavated. |
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Monte Verde |
Chile, 13,000 yrs ago. Paleoindian |
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Carbon 14 Dating |
way of dating |
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Scimitar cat |
berringia. yukon to florida. flat faced. |
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Kayak |
Thule tradition.` |
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Chert |
Sedimentary rock. |
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Olsen Chubbock Site |
6000 BC Colorado. 200 bison remains facing south due to wind. kill site. |
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CRM |
examine site before destroyed by construction etc |
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intERsite |
trade between 2 regions |
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intrasite |
trade within a region |
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Midden |
Piles of shells/waste good for preservation |
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Cyrus Thomas |
Studied history of AMerican West |
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Meadow Croft Rock Shelter |
Clovis site with layers predating. Excavated by James Adovasio. Oldest 17000 BC. |
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Petroglyph |
Rock carvings/paintings. |
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Blue Fish Cave |
Yukon, 12,000 years old. Animals Butcher remains. tools and horse bones. |
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Dendrochronology |
Tree Dating |
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Inuit |
Eskimo, Siberia to greenland |
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Umak |
Uncovered boat - Thule |
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Debitage |
Waste Material |
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Interstadial |
Retreat of ice during ice age |