Early Ancient Sites

Question 1

• 80 thousand years ago ice sheet began to advance south from Arctic Circle.
• Ice sheet advances and retreats several times.
• Ice Age ends 12,000 years ago.

Answer 1

Wisconsin Ice Sheet

Question 2

1) Earliest People: ancestral to most Native Americans.
2) Ancestors of the Na Dene People, a linguistic group: Canada, Alaska, parts of Pacific Northwest, northern California and Southwest (Apache and Navaho).
3) Aleut and Inuit Peoples of Alaska, Canada and Greenland.

Answer 2

Three Migrations

Possible early settlement dates/controversy

Question 3

1991 uncovered a human fingerprint and palm print in a clay layer dated at about 28,000 years B.P.

Answer 3

Pendejo Cave and dates

Question 4

• In 1950s Animal Bones found in the cave were dated by C14 method.
• 15,000 to 33,000 yrs B.P.

Answer 4

Sandia Cave and dates

Question 5

human habitation at Hueyatlaco was dated to ca. 250,000 years before the present

Answer 5

Valsequillo, Mexico