Document Type

Article

Department or Administrative Unit

Anthropology and Museum Studies

Publication Date

12-2017

Abstract

With genetic studies showing unquestionable Asian origins of the first Americans, the Siberian and Beringian archaeological records are absolutely critical for understanding the initial dispersal of modern humans in the Western Hemisphere. The genetics-based Beringian Standstill Model posits a three-stage dispersal process and necessitates several expectations of the archaeological record of northeastern Asia. Here we present an overview of the Siberian and Beringian Upper Paleolithic records and discuss them in the context of a Beringian Standstill. We report that not every expectation of the model is met with archaeological data at hand.

Comments

This article was originally published in Current Anthropology. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.

Journal

Current Anthropology

Rights

© 2017 by The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research

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