Our knowledge of the hundred-thousand-years of human prehistory in the Americas has grown in spite of false starts, disciplinary straitjackets, and occasional personal attacks of those who have challenged prevailing notions. George F. Carter has for forty years been at the forefront of the controversy over the age of American antiquity. Here he tells the dual story of that controversy and the fascinating unraveling of the record of human presence in the Americas. Events and a new generation of scientists are now proving ...
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Our knowledge of the hundred-thousand-years of human prehistory in the Americas has grown in spite of false starts, disciplinary straitjackets, and occasional personal attacks of those who have challenged prevailing notions. George F. Carter has for forty years been at the forefront of the controversy over the age of American antiquity. Here he tells the dual story of that controversy and the fascinating unraveling of the record of human presence in the Americas. Events and a new generation of scientists are now proving that Carter's daring estimates of antiquity may after all have understated the time since humans first entered the Americas. This book is written for the inquiring reader rather than the technician. Yet archeologists, anthropologists, geographers, geologists, and historians of science too will find stimulation and illumination in its pages. This fresh examination of the archeological evidence and one scientist's search for it--the story of science in action--proves to be a very human story.
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Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good. Clean, sturdy copy with significant wear to dust jacket. Book itself is in great condition. DJ has some scuffing around the edges and a couple of small quarter inch tears.
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Very good. First Edition; Inscribed by the author; Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Pages completely free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket in Good condition, gently edge-worn w/ moderate foxing present, now housed in protective mylar to ensure further preservation; Stored and shipped in protective polybag; Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Textual photos, maps & tables. Minor rubbing. Some slight page-edge soil. VG., dustwrapper. 23x15cm, xiv, 348 pp. Contents: Feet of Clay; Groping Towad a Time Scale; Manking onm the Rock Pile; Early Sites: The American Middle Paleolithic; The American Lower paleolithic; The Bridge; Who Were They? Past & Present.