Pre-Clovis Sites Part 1 - TAS 141

What this episode covers

With the definitive dating of the "human" footprints at White Sands pushing back the earliest human occupation of North America to 21,000 to 23,000 years BP, we decided to take a look at several well known pre-Clovis sites. These sites are often controversial and heavily debated amongst archaeologists. We'll discuss the findings from each site, why they are controversial, and what we think. In Part 1 we cover four of the youngest pre-Clovis Sites including, Paisley Cave in Oregon, Monte Verde in Chile, Gault in Texas and Topper in South Carolina. Links * Explore Pre-Clovis Sites (Old, but holds up!) [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/explore-pre-clovis-sites.html] * Pre-Clovis Sites [https://www.thoughtco.com/pre-clovis-sites-americas-173079] * A Life in Ruins Episode 77 [https://archpodnet.com/ruins/77] * Paisley Caves [https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aba6404] * Monte Verde (Wiki) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Verde] * New Archaeological Evidence for an Early Human Presence at Monte Verde, Chile [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4651426/] * Gault, TX [http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/gault/index.html] * Evidence of an early projectile point technology in North America at the Gault Site, Texas, US [https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aar5954]A * Topper Site [https://sc.edu/about/system_and_campuses/salkehatchie/community/topper_site/index.php] Contact * Chris Webster * [email protected] ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com/] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724] Affiliates * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/] * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff] * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/]