The First Americans (Modern Library Paperbacks) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The First Americans In no small part because of Adovasio's work, notions of who first peopled the Western Hemisphere, how they arrived, and how they lived have been radically challenged. After placing this debate in historical context, "The First Americans" tells the full story of the 30-year intellectual war that his work ignited.
Full description- Publisher: Random House USA Inc
- Published: 26 September 2003
- Format: Paperback 328 pages
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- Categories: Society & Culture: General | Sociology & Anthropology | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Archaeology
- ISBN 13: 9780375757044 ISBN 10: 037575704X
- Sales rank: 1,064,681
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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."
