1. Paleoindians
   1. old
      1. "clovis did the same stuff"
      2. clovis were all big game hunters
   2. new persp.
      1. well, the clovis didn't JUST big game hunt we know this from actual occupation sites. New knowledge, espec.
      2. Was clovis the most important?
      3. Was clovis the most important first paleoindian civilization?
      4. Was clovis exclusively big game hunting?
   3. 12,000 BC the clovis come up.
   4. Controversy
      1. did people occupy the new world before 14,000 years ago?
      2. Monte Verde
         1. stream-side occupation
         2. log-like, tent stake, sinew well-preserved in a peet-bog. A human foot print?
         3. hearths
         4. not terribly advanced points
         5. wishbone-shaped structure
            1. 14,000 year old seaweed! (12,600 BC)
            2. seaweed? that's from the ocean!
            3. Seaweed is ancient medicine
         6. hunter gatherers?
         7. the dates? 12,600 - 12,200 BC
            1. says that people moved FAST or came into alaska much earlier than we think
      3. Paisley Cave
         1. found
            1. human coprilites?
            2. coprilites are preserved fecal matter
            3. very dry, survived feces
            4. 12,300 BC
         2. Oregon
         3. Hebior / Schaefer
            1. Mammoths Bones!
            2. Found
            3. butchered mammoths
            4. two stone tools underneath the pelvis of the mammoth
            5. bones show work marks
            6. 13,200 - 12,500 BC
   5. By 10,000 years ago, the indians had filled the continent