The First Americans

In Pursuit of Archaeology's Greatest Mystery

James Adovasio, Jake Page

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Modern Library Inc
15 June 2003

Archaeology; Sociology & anthropology

J. M. Adovasio has spent the last thirty years at the center of one of our most fiery scientific debates- Who were the first humans in the Americas, and how and when did they get there?

At its heart, The First Americans is the story of the revolution in thinking that Adovasio and his fellow archaeologists have brought about, and the firestorm it has ignited. As he writes, ""The work of lifetimes has been put at risk, reputations have been damaged, an astounding amount of silliness and even profound stupidity has been taken as serious thought, and always lurking in the background of all the argumentation and gnashing of tenets has been the question of whether the field of archaeology can ever be pursued as a science.""

By: James Adovasio, Jake Page
Imprint: Modern Library Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 302g
ISBN: 9780375757044
ISBN 10: 037575704X
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 15 June 2003
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

J. M. Adovasio, Ph.D., is the founder and director of the Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute. He lives near Erie, Pennsylvania. Jake Page is a former editor of Natural History magazine and science editor of Smithsonian magazine. He lives in Corrales, New Mexico.

Reviews for The First Americans: In Pursuit of Archaeology's Greatest Mystery

As good as popular science writing gets. -- The Wall Street Journal Powerful intrigue. Name-calling and blackballing. Treachery, collusion among archaeologists on an all-out hunt for a holy grail. An Indiana Jones movie? No. The actual search to identify the first humans to inhabit North America. . . . Adovasio, who became an internationally known archaeologist and academic, has created in The First Americans a book that pulses with plot-drive. -- Los Angeles Times After a quarter-century of rebutting the challenges to his find, Mr. Adovasio has been transformed from a renegade into a leader in the field. Digs in North and South America have only buttressed his onetime pre-Clovis heresy, and Mr. Adovasio conveys a palpable excitement, in this anything-but-tedious archaeology book, at the possibilities of what might yet be discovered. -- The Wall Street Journal