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Kennewick Man on cover of Time, 13 March 2006.

13 March 2006
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Week 03

Who Were the First Americans?

 

Read:
 Mexico, Ch. 3, "The Archaic Period," pp. 28-40
Read: The Maya, Ch. 2, "The Earliest Maya," pp. 40-55
Post: MAforum
Work on: Case Study

Reconstruction of Kennewick Man.
"Who was the Kennewick Man?"

 

 

Clovis Blade

Clovis Point

Pre-Clovis?
 
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Tuesday 05 February 2008

Week 03 Day 05

nlt 03:40 Video: Scientific American Frontiers:
"Coming to America," Alan Alda
(60 min., 2004, DVD 145)

 

Announcements

  • MAforum Topic 2: Who were the First Americans?
 

MAforum: Topic 2

"Who Were the First Americans?"

Kennewick Man on cover of Time, 13 March 2006.

13 March 2006

  • The question "Who were the first Americans?" keeps reappearing and reappearing. Recent articles on the populating of the Americas suggest people coming from different directions!

 

Genetic Variation and Population Structure in Native Americans

 

One of the lead Articles in Anthropology in the News
<http://anthropology.tamu.edu/news.htm>

from Texas A&M Anthropology

for 30 November 2007 was...

Gene Study Supports Single Main Migration Across Bering Strait
EurekAlert
(11/26/07)

Genetic Variation and Population Structure in Native Americans
PLoS Genetics

Gene Study Adds Weight to Theory That Native People of the Americas Arrived in a Single Main Migration Across the Bering Strait
University of Michigan
(11/27/07)

First Americans All from Siberia, Study Confirms

LiveScience
(11/27/07)

First Americans All From Siberia

MSNBC
(11/27/07)

First Americans Arrived From Siberia

Discovery News
(11/27/07)

Gene Study Supports Single Main Migration Across Bering Strait

ScienceDaily
(11/28/07)

And just a few months before that other news on the First Americans was breaking...

Reconstruction of Kennewick Man.
reconstruction
by Jim Chatters and Thomas McClelland

 

Have a look at two or three of the above articles then evaluate the ideas put forth

Question:

Of all of the hypotheses ("theories") currently available, what do you think is the best explanation of the peopling of the New World?

Why?

Be sure to set your "Folder Selector"
in the main window
to the current topic
[use the “Reload/Main button" to get to the main window]

Set CEfolder to Topic 14.

REM: If you have any questions, you can post them on the MAforum
or bring them up in class
 

Features of the Day

 

 
 

Old Business

  • next time
 

Assignments

Read:
 Mexico, Ch. 3, "The Archaic Period," pp. 28-40
Read: The Maya, Ch. 2, "The Earliest Maya," pp. 40-55
Post: MAforum
Work on: Case Study
 

Notes

  • Thurssday, 31 January 2008: Finished Major features of natural areas (slides), and slides #1-10 of the Brothers (the beginning of making home-made twine)
  • Tuesday, 5 February 2008: Finished Who were the first Americans? (Introduction only) (slides) to "Minnesota Man", #12
 
 

 

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Thursday 07 February 2008

Week 03 Day 06

 

Announcements
 

Features of the Day

 

Old Business

  • Thursday, 31 January 2008: Finished Major features of natural areas (slides), and slides #1-10 of the Brothers (the beginning of making home-made twine)

  • Tuesday, 5 February 2008: Finished Who were the first Americans? (Introduction only) (slides) to "Minnesota Man", #12
 

Assignments

Read:
 Mexico, Ch. 3, "The Archaic Period," pp. 28-40
Read: The Maya, Ch. 2, "The Earliest Maya," pp. 40-55
Post: MAforum
Work on: Case Study
 

Notes

  • Thursday, 7 February 2008: Ended with Central Highland Mexico: Tepeapulco, Hidalgo, (slides), #5 tlachiquero, and the role of pulque in Ancient Mexico
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