Bones, Boats, & Bison - by E James Dixon (Paperback)

About the Book

This revolutionary synthesis dispels the stereotype of big game hunters following mammoths across the Bering Land Bridge, while painting a vivid picture of marine mammal hunters, fishers, and general foragers colonizing the New World.

Book Synopsis

This revolutionary synthesis dispels the stereotype of big game hunters following mammoths across the Bering Land Bridge, while painting a vivid picture of marine mammal hunters, fishers, and general foragers colonizing the New World.

Review Quotes

," . . this book does a fine job of reviewing the available information on the peopling of the Americas and comes up with a hard-to-beat conclusion. . . . no one prior to Dixon has amassed the data to support the coastal migration theory . . . "Bones, Boats, and Bison" is the most comprehensive review of pre-8,000 B. P. culture history in the Americas to date and is well worth reading."

"Dixon's book is a must read. . . . The writing is clear and easy to follow. . . the frequent use of maps, figures, and tables keeps the book from bogging down in minutia. Now, that's a real find!"

"Dixon's work . . . brings many of the earlier theories into clearer focus. . . . [His] analysis of scientific exploration, to date, should be essential reading for scholars, students of Native American history, and general readers."

. . . this book does a fine job of reviewing the available information on the peopling of the Americas and comes up with a hard-to-beat conclusion. . . . no one prior to Dixon has amassed the data to support the coastal migration theory . . . "Bones, Boats, and Bison" is the most comprehensive review of pre-8,000 B. P. culture history in the Americas to date and is well worth reading.

Dixons work . . . brings many of the earlier theories into clearer focus. . . . [His] analysis of scientific exploration, to date, should be essential reading for scholars, students of Native American history, and general readers.

""Bones, Boats, and Bison" is a valuable, easy-to-read book with essential new information and ideas about the earliest prehistory of western North America. . . The book is a likeable source of information and ideas, and I recommend it."

""Bones, Boats, and Bison" suceeds in advancing our understanding of the colonization of North America. The book is well written, concise, and light on jargon."

Dixons book is a must read. . . . The writing is clear and easy to follow. . . . the frequent use of maps, figures, and tables keeps the book from bogging down in minutia. Now, thats a real find!