The Early Settlement of North America: The Clovis Era

Gary Haynes

Cambridge University Press, Nov 14, 2002 - Social Science - 360 pages

This history of the first people to settle in the New World starts with a summary of the archaeology of Clovis-fluted point-makers in North America. Gary Haynes evaluates the wide range of interpretations given to facts about the Clovis. He then presents his own fully developed and integrated theory, which incorporates vital new biological, ecological, behavioral and archaeological data.

About the author

Gary Haynes is Foundation Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Reno. For eight years (2003-2011) he was President of the Commission on Palaeoecology and Human Evolution in INQUA (the International Union for Quaternary Research). He has done fieldwork research on free-roaming elephants in southern Africa for over 30 years, and has also specialized in the study of earliest American Paleoindian cultures. Current research is focused on Zimbabwean prehistory and paleoenvironments.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Early Settlement of North America: The Clovis Era
• Author: Gary Haynes
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002
• ISBN: 0521819008, 9780521819008
• Length: 360 pages
• Subjects: Science / Paleontology; Social Science / Archaeology