Full name: The First Americans: In Pursuit of Archaeology's Greatest Mystery

Authors: James Adovasio, Jake Page Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780375757044 037575704X

J. M. Adovasio has spent the last thirty years at the center of one of our most fiery scientific debates: Who were the first humans in the Americas, and how and when did they get there? At its heart, The First Americans is the story of the revolution in thinking that Adovasio and his fellow archaeologists have brought about, and the firestorm it has ignited. As he writes, “The work of lifetimes has been put at risk, reputations have been damaged, an astounding amount of silliness and even profound stupidity has been taken as serious thought, and always lurking in the background of all the argumentation and gnashing of tenets has been the question of whether the field of archaeology can ever be pursued as a science.” Similar books: The Man in the Ice by Konrad Spindler Skull Wars by David Hurst Thomas The Goddess and the Bull by Michael Balter Ancient North America by Brian Fagan First Peoples in a New World by David J. Meltzer Written in Bones by Paul Bahn The Great Journey by Brian Fagan Gods, Graves & Scholars by C. W. Ceram After the Ice by Steven Mithen Before Civilization by Colin Renfrew Underworld by Graham Hancock Prehistory by Colin Renfrew In Small Things Forgotten by James Deetz In Search of the Old Ones by David Roberts Fairweather Eden by Michael W. Pitts