Hello Alanna, At one time I had asked you if you knew more about the First People's history and organization on the American continent. I just read a fascinating (for me) book, called ORIGIN, by Jennifer Raff. I think it may be of interest to all Native Americans.
It traces early migrations, during the ice age called the "Last Glacial Maximum", even 20,000 years ago and more. So much ice was on the northern most continents of America and Asia, that the sea level water was down (as much as) 250 meters. What we call the Bering Straight was all dry land for a 1,000 years, people lived there for centuries. It wasn't a narrow crossing that people used only to get to the other side. The glacial ice sheets were so massive that nobody could get to the southern side of them. No people made it to the rest of the American continent for 1,000's of years, until it started to melt.
This book is about archaeology and genetics, (DNA study), and shows where people moved and when. There are 100's of ancient sites with stone tools, artwork, and burial remains. Some of the book is technical, when she explains DNA research, but that is not the point of the book. It is a real eye opening about what I never knew. Here is a copy:
Hello Alanna, At one time I had asked you if you knew more about the First People's history and organization on the American continent. I just read a fascinating (for me) book, called ORIGIN, by Jennifer Raff. I think it may be of interest to all Native Americans.
It traces early migrations, during the ice age called the "Last Glacial Maximum", even 20,000 years ago and more. So much ice was on the northern most continents of America and Asia, that the sea level water was down (as much as) 250 meters. What we call the Bering Straight was all dry land for a 1,000 years, people lived there for centuries. It wasn't a narrow crossing that people used only to get to the other side. The glacial ice sheets were so massive that nobody could get to the southern side of them. No people made it to the rest of the American continent for 1,000's of years, until it started to melt.
This book is about archaeology and genetics, (DNA study), and shows where people moved and when. There are 100's of ancient sites with stone tools, artwork, and burial remains. Some of the book is technical, when she explains DNA research, but that is not the point of the book. It is a real eye opening about what I never knew. Here is a copy:
https://brax.me/f/Origin%20--%20raff%20jennifer%20--%202022%20--%20Twelve.pdf/T4AZ66825354b52d64.08373272
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