Journal article
Entering the American Continent: The Chehalis River Hypothesis
Journal of Northwest anthropology, Vol.51(2), pp.164-183
Autumn 2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000006332
Abstract
We start with a vignette describing the movement of Pacific Rim, continental shelf peoples along the glaciated Northwest Coast, probably for generations, never seeing to the east anything but towering sheets of ice. Moving along the Olympic Peninsula ice fields, all of a sudden, no ice to the southeast. We reflect on what might have happened next, as a new species, human beings, first enter and begin to occupy the Second Earth—the American Continent. Our specific entry hypothesis is relatively new, following author Croes’ remembering Northwest Archaeologist Alan Bryan, who suggested we look to the Chehalis River for evidence of first peoples. We also look at the still meager evidence of Clovis peoples movements into the Southern Salish Sea.
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- Title
- Entering the American Continent: The Chehalis River Hypothesis
- Creators
- Dale R. Croes (Author) - Washington State University, Anthropology, Department ofVic Kucera (Author)
- Publication Details
- Journal of Northwest anthropology, Vol.51(2), pp.164-183
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology, Department of
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Identifiers
- 99901095940401842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article