AWSX Wrote:
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> No I haven't read that paper, do you have a copy?
>
> I am currently about half way through George F.
> Carter's "Earlier Than You Think" @1980.It is a
> little dated but I am trying to catch up on the
> historical background of how 'Clovis First' became
> the paradigm of North American archeology even
> though there is considerable evidence for much
> earlier occupation.

I would call it the main paradigm, not the paradigm, there were always those that argued for earlier dates. I have a good book on the American Indians which is over 30 years old and argues for earlier dates, for instance. And an old coffee table book that does the same.

Doug




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