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The Ones that Will Not Go Away

A Biased View of Pre-Clovis Populations in the New World

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As Morlan (1988), Grayson (1988), and many others (e.g., Fagan 1987, 1990; Jennings 1983, 1989; Willey and Sabloff 1980) have indicated, the quest for evidence of the earliest inhabitants of the New World has absorbed the attentions of both professionals and interested laymen for a very long period of time. It can be said, however, that little tangible progress toward the achievement of this goal occurred much before the Folsom discoveries earlier in this century. As observed recently (Adovasio et al., 1988:45), little progress has been made since that time.

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Adovasio, J.M. (1993). The Ones that Will Not Go Away. In: Soffer, O., Praslov, N.D. (eds) From Kostenki to Clovis. Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1112-4_15

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