Titre du document / Document title
Three ounces of sea shells and one fish bone do not a coastal migration make = Trois onces de coquillages de mer et une arrête de poisson ne constituent pas une migration côtière
Auteur(s) / Author(s)
TURNER Christy G. (1) ;
Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)
(1) Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-2402, ETATS-UNIS
Résumé / Abstract
The suggestion by Jones et al. (2002) that a terminal Pleistocene-early Holocene California site contains evidence for a separate coastal migration into the New World is challenged. The authors ignore the fact that some 100 or more generations passed since the initial New World colonization event(s) and the occupation of their site (Cross Creek), during which time many cultural changes could be expected, including post-big-game-hunting coastal adaptations throughout the Americas. Moreover, the amount of food refuse is so minuscule that inferring the exact nature of the initial Cross Creek economy is doubtful at best. The recovered chipped stone artifacts have no diagnostic value for economic function or ecological correlation, and the grinding stones suggest more seed than sea exploitation. Lastly, what is known about the biological origins, variation, and microevolution of Native Americans does not support a direct coastal migration from Siberia to California.
Revue / Journal Title
American antiquity
ISSN
0002-7316
CODEN AANTAM
Source / Source
2003, vol. 68, n
o2, pp. 391-395 [5 page(s) (article)] (1 p.1/4)
Langue / Language
Anglais
Editeur / Publisher
Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC, ETATS-UNIS
(1935)
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Localisation / Location
INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 23012, 35400011809192.0090
Nº notice refdoc (ud4) : 14790600
