North American archaeologists have spent much effort debating whether Early Paleoindian
foragers were specialized hunters of megafauna or whether they pursued more generalized …

The prevailing archaeological consensus on Paleoindian origins and colonization of the
Americas has been shaken by recent wide acknowledgment of pre-Clovis occupation at …

GIS-based, least-cost analyses employing continental scale elevation data, coupled with
information on the late glacial location of ice sheets and pluvial lakes, suggest possible …

This book shows that Holocene human ecosystems are complex adaptive systems in which
humans interacted with their environment in a nested series of spatial and temporal scales …

Biome maps spanning the interval from the last glacial maximum to modern times are
presented. The biome distributions at 18 ka BP were probably as nearly in equilibrium with …

We question several common elements of conventional descriptions of Early Paleoindian
adaptations. Specifically, we examine the presumed scales of residential mobility, the role of …

Submerged prehistoric sites investigated in northwest Florida along the margins of the
drowned Aucilla River channel (or PaleoAucilla) extend our understanding of prehistoric …

Research into the earliest occupations in the southeastern United States has been
underway since the 1930s, when a pattern of large-scale excavations combined with the …

This book in the SAA Press Current Perspectives Series represents a period-by-period
synthesis of southeastern prehistory designed for high school and college students …

The Topper site in the South Atlantic Coastal Plain of South Carolina provides a rare
glimpse of the entire range of Clovis tool manufacture. Topper is a quarry-related site along …