ISBN:
9780231130608
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (463 p)
Paralleltitel:
Print version Human Ecology of Beringia
DDC:
304.20957709012
Schlagwort(e):
Human ecology - Bering Land Bridge
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Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
Twenty-five thousand years ago, sea level fell more than 400 feet below its present position as a consequence of the growth of immense ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere. A dry plain stretching 1,000 miles from the Arctic Ocean to the Aleutians became exposed between northeast Asia and Alaska, and across that plain, most likely, walked the first people of the New World. This book describes what is known about these people and the now partly submerged land, named Beringia, which they settled during the final millennia of the Ice Age.Humans first occupied Beringia during a twilight period whe
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Cover ; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents ; Preface: Lost Continent; 1. An Introduction to Beringia; 2. Beringian Landscapes; 3. Settlement of Northern Asia; 4. The Beginning of the Lateglacial; 5. The End of the Lateglacial Interstadial; 6. The Younger Dryas and the End of Beringia; 7. Beringia and the New World; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
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