Taylor Alshuth
ANTH 410
My Anthropology Annotated Bibliography
1.) Gillespie, Jason David. "Enculturing An Unknown World :Caches And Clovis Landscape
Ideology." Canadian Journal Of Archaeology 31.2 (2007): 171-189. Anthropology Plus. Web. 13 Feb.
2013.
This article was about how the Clovis people had adapted to and shaped their environments
after arriving in an unfamiliar landscape. One of the main themes of the article is how we can use
landscape archaeology to reconstruct the environment to allow us to better understand how and why
the Clovis people adapted the way that they did. It mentions the possibility of a pre-Clovis culture but
the article itself is written with a "Clovis first" mindset. It also discusses how the signature fluting of the
Clovis point may have served both a utilitarian as well as an ideological purpose.
I found this article by searching the Anthropology Plus database using the keyword Clovis.
2.) Straus, Lawrence Guy. "Ice Age Atlantis? Exploring The Solutrean-Clovis 'Connection'." World
Archaeology 37.4 (2005): 507-532. Anthropology Plus. Web. 13 Feb. 2013.
This article is about the possibility of a Solutrean-Clovis connection, with the information being
presented being largely against said connection. The main arguments that they present against the
connection are time and space. Time refers to the roughly 5000 years that separate the two cultures
while space refers to the daunting task of crossing the Atlantic ocean. They present the claim as highly
unlikely that the peopling of the Americas has a European beginning, and that the most likely origin for
the peopling still lies with Northern Asia.
I found this article by searching the Anthropology Plus database by using the keyword Clovis.
3.) Bradley, Bruce. "The Solutrean-Clovis Connection: Reply To Straus, Meltzer And Goebel." World
Archaeology 38.4 (2006): 704-714. Anthropology Plus. Web. 13 Feb. 2013.
This article explores the possibility of a Solutrean-Clovis connection, but unlike the Lawrence
Guy Straus et all article it is in support of a Solutrean-Clovis connection. In fact, the article itself was
written as a response to the Ice Age Atlantis article. It points out several of the claims that were hotly
dismissed and provides evidence to support them. It mentions that since the ocean levels were lower it
would've been possible to sail closer to the then non-submerged landscapes which would've made
travel easier. They also mention a lithic comparison between the Solutrean tools and the Clovis tools as
strong evidence to support their claim of a European origin for the peopling of the Americas.
I found this article by searching the Anthropology Plus database using the keyword Clovis.
4.) Montenegro, Alvaro . "Parasites, Paleoclimate, and the Peopling of the Americas: Using the
Hookworm to Time the Clovis Migration" Current Anthropology , Vol. 47, No. 1 (February 2006), pp.
193-200
This article was about timing the Clovis migration using paleoparasitological data. By using the
fossil remnants of Hookworms they are able to trace the Clovis migration and the likely possibility that
the Clovis weren't the first people to arrive in the Americas. The main point they address is that the eggs
of the Hookworm wouldn't be able to survive in the cold soil of Beringia, and that human spread
Hookworm would've had to have come from another source. If the Clovis were the first humans to step
foot in the Americas then they would've had to move at a rate that just isn’t represent archaeologically.
I found this article using the Anthropology Plus database using the keyword Clovis.
5.) Ellis, Christopher. "Understanding 'Clovis' Fluted Point Variability In The Northeast: A Perspective
From The Debert Site, Nova Scotia." Canadian Journal Of Archaeology 28.2 (2004): 205253. Anthropology Plus. Web. 13 Feb. 2013.
This article is about a lithic comparison between stone tools from The Debert Site in Nova Scotia
to other lithic assemblages ranging from the upper Mississippi drainage to New England. The aim of the
article is to distinguish culturally and temporally the origins of some of the fluted bifaces to aid in
identifying an "original" Clovis point. The site itself contains examples of fluted as well as non-fluted
bifaces, in addition to other projectile points. They used the measurement of the face-angle of the
points to provide evidence for the comparisons.
I found this article using the Anthropology Plus database using the keyword Clovis.
6.) Bradley, Bruce. "The North Atlantic Ice-Edge Corridor: A Possible Palaeolithic Route To The New
World." World Archaeology 36.4 (2004): 459-478. Anthropology Plus. Web. 12 Mar. 2013.
This article is about the possibility of the peopling of the Americas haven taken place from
routes along the Atlantic ocean instead of across the Bering land bridge. They cite that a lack of evidence
from Asia and Siberia, areas which would've been the probable places from which the first people
would've originated, as one of the reasons that the route from Asia might not be entirely accurate. They
believe that the peopling came from south-western Europe during the last glacial maximum based on
tool similarities.
I found this article using the Anthropology Plus database by using the keyword Clovis
7.) Surovell, Todd A. "Simulating Coastal Migration In New World Colonization." Current
Anthropology 44.4 (2003): 580-591. Anthropology Plus. Web. 12 Mar. 2013.
This article is about the possibility of coastal migration being among the methods from which
the peopling of the Americas took place. The cite that there are numerous cites within South America
that pre-date or at least contemporaneous with Clovis in North America. This theory introduces the idea
that it may have been possible for the peopling of the Americas to have begun in South America as a
result of a trans oceanic migration. They don't rule out the possibility of a Bering Sea crossing, as it is still
the most likely method, but it is something where many sites that would support this are very likely
underwater.
I found this article searching the Anthropology Plus database using the keyword Clovis.
8.) Steele, James. "Modelling Paleoindian Dispersals." World Archaeology 30.2 (1998): 286305. Anthropology Plus. Web. 12 Mar. 2013.
This article was about how the dispersal rates of humans into the New world was very likely
affected by the variations of habitats as well as space and time. They present a demographic simulation
model in which shows how expansion would've been effected by the local habitat. They also present
paleo-climatic data which shows what types of habitats were present during the last interglacial period
ranging from 13,000BP-10,000BP by plotting out the environmental changes in increments of 1000 years
and how this variation would've effected the rate of population increase as well as accounting for the
carrying capacity of these environments.
I found this article by searching the Anthropology Plus database using the keyword Clovis.
9.) Meltzer, David J. "Clocking The First Americans." Annual Review Of Anthropology 24.(1995): 2145. Anthropology Plus. Web. 12 Mar. 2013.
This article was about the validity of the Clovis First theory in relation to the other sites and how
long it would've feasibly taken for them to travel through the Ice-free corridor into the Americas. They
present the site at Monte Verde, Chile as being the most likely Pre-Clovis candidate while stating that it
is still difficult to prove which route was taken by the first humans to get to the Americas. The lack of a
direct Clovis ancestor tool culture makes it difficult to dispute the Clovis First theory, but the lack of
evidence in places like Alaska makes it difficult to prove they were the first as well. They also stated that
it would've taken some time for the people to adapt to the unfamiliar environment that the Americas
would've provided, something that isn't reflected archaeologically.
I found this article by searching the Anthropology Plus database using the keyword Clovis.
10.) Irving, William N. "Context And Chronology Of Early Man In The Americas." Annual Review Of
Anthropology 14.(1985): 529-555. Anthropology Plus. Web. 12 Mar. 2013.
This article was about how the theories about the peopling of the Americas have changed
overtime as more evidence has been discovered that comes into conflict with the Clovis First theory. The
article presents three possible time periods from which the peopling of the Americas would've taken
place. The first time period ranges from 12,000-10,000BP and is contemporaneous with Clovis first, the
second time period is between 70,000-20,000BP of which the author states that a more likely date of
30,000-40,000BP is more likely with the 70,000BP date being used as a high bench mark, and the third
time period, which the author states as being the least likely, ranges from 80,000 to 150,000+BP. The
last dates lack archaeological variability, he merely uses them as an example to reference how far Homo
erectus had traveled during its expansion out of Africa and it would be therefore possible for something
to travel that far in that time period.
I found this article using the Anthropology Plus database using the keyword Clovis.
11.) D'Errico, Francesco, et al. "Neanderthal Acculturation in Western Europe? A
Critical Review of the Evidence and Its Interpretation." Current
Anthropology 39.S1 (1998): S1-S44. Print. 11 Sept. 2012.
This article described many different Neanderthal culture patterns and the possibility that some
of them may have been influenced by Homo sapiens. One of the major topics of discussion was the
stone tools that the Neanderthal man produced. It was postulated that some of the more advanced
stone tools that they had created may have been the product of imitation or acculturation due to the
arrival of Homo sapiens. Francesco d’Errico is a CNRS researcher at the Institut de Pre´histoire et de
Ge´ologie du Quaternaire, Talence, France. He is merely one of the several authors of this article, many
of which are also CNRS researchers or professors of archaeology.
I found this article using the JSTOR database by searching with the keywords Homo sapiens and
Neanderthal.
12.) Klein, Richard. "Anatomy, Behavior, and Modern Human Origins." Journal of World
Prehistory 9.2 (1995): 167-98. Print. 11 Sept. 2012.
This was a selection from the Journal of World Prehistory, specifically the parts that mention
Homo sapiens and Neanderthal man. While he contributed a vast amount of information about human
evolution from Australopithecus to Anatomically Modern Humans the information that I was focused on
was specific to Neanderthal man and the early Homo sapiens. This selection from the journal was mostly
descriptive, describing many of the physical aspects of the hominids as well as a summarization of the
"Out-of-Africa" hypothesis. Richard Klein is a paleoanthropologist as well as a professor of biology and
anthropology at Stanford University.
I found this article using the JSTOR database using the keywords Homo sapiens and
Neanderthal.
13.) Weckler, Joseph Edwin. "The Relationships Between Neanderthal Man And Homo
Sapiens." American Anthropologist 56.(n.d.): 1003-1025. Anthropology Plus. Web. 11 Sept. 2012.
This article talked about the evolutionary relationship between Homo sapiens and Neanderthal,
specifically referring to the distance that caused these two hominids to evolve into their different forms.
It cited the various glaciation periods that occurred over the myriad of thousands of years which helped
to contribute to their distance from one another, as well as the specific adaptations that each had
developed. It made a point to mention that Homo sapiens and Neanderthal man had no contact until
the third interglacial period, and even then it was only in minimal areas. Joseph Edwin Weckler is a
professor of anthropology at the University of Southern California
I found this article using the Anthropology Plus database using the key terms Homo sapiens and
Neanderthal.
14.) Hofreiter, Michael. "Drafting Human Ancestry: What Does The Neanderthal Genome Tell Us
About Hominid Evolution? Commentary On Green Et Al. (2010)." Human Biology 83.1 (2011): 111. Anthropology Plus. Web. 11 Sept. 2012.
This article talks about the genetic relationship between Homo sapiens and Neanderthal man.
More specifically, the genetic similarities the two had was 99.5%, which indicated that interbreeding
between the two hominids was a definite possibility. Gene flow from Neanderthal man to early Homo
sapiens was said to have ranged anywhere from 25% to 0.1%. Some of this is prevalent today, with
evidence that the gene for red hair originated amongst the Neanderthal man. It is estimated that some
of the DNA contribution from Neanderthal man may range from 1-4% amongst European and Asian
gene pools. Michael Hofreiter is Chair for Evolutionary Biology and Ecology at the University of York.
I found this article using the Anthropology Plus database by searching with the key terms Homo
sapiens and Neanderthal.
15.) Moncel, Marie-Hélène, et al. "The Emergence of Neanderthal Technical Behavior:
New Evidence from Orgnac 3 (Level 1, MIS 8), Southeastern France."
Current Anthropology 52.1 (2011): 37-75. Print. 11 Sept. 2012.
This article talks about the Neanderthal man and the evolution of the types of stone and bone
tools that were created during the course of their occupation of Southern France. They discussed
various flint knapping techniques as well as various hunting strategies that the Neanderthal man
developed and how they changed over time. They also discussed the animals that they hunted as well as
the dwellings that they had occupied during this time. They also indicated that many of the strategies
that they had developed were independent of the climatic conditions. Marie-Helene Moncel is Director
of Research in the Department of Prehistory at the National Museum of Natural History, Institut de
Paleontologie Humaine. She is just one of the many contributors to this article. Some of the other
contributors also work at the National Museum of Natural History as well as other various researchers.
I found this article using the JSTOR database by searching with the keyword Neanderthal.
16.) Garrigan, Daniel. "Archaic Human Admixture :A View From The Genome." Current
Anthropology 48.6 (2007): 895-902. Anthropology Plus. Web. 25 Sept. 2012.
This article refers to the idea that Archaic Homo sapiens and Anatomically Modern Humans
were able to produce reproductively viable offspring with Neanderthals and it is because of this the
modern human genome has many different locally adapted genetic variants. It is also hypothesized that
because of this there was a mixture between different population of Archaic Homo and Anatomically
modern Humans which also accounts for our genetic diversity and the low levels of Archaic contribution
to the modern human genome. It is also thought that the arrival of one of these species of Homo
sapiens to the area could have resulted in a stable multitaxon community. Daniel Garrigan is a member
of the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary biology at Harvard University.
I found this article using the Anthropology Plus database by searching with the term Archaic
Homo sapiens.
17.) Trinkaus, Erik. "Modern Human Versus Neandertal Evolutionary Distinctiveness." Current
Anthropology 47.4 (2006): 597-620. Anthropology Plus. Web. 25 Sept. 2012.
This article refers to the morphological differences between Modern Homo sapiens and
Neanderthal man. They state that both the species of Homo sapiens and Neanderthal evolved from a
common Homo ancestor that had dispersed from within Africa to parts of Eurasia sometime during the
Early Pleistocene. Morphological changes began to occur in the Middle Pleistocene as a result of
geographical expansion into the Eurasian continent. These would eventually become Neanderthal.
Those that stayed and spread out along the African continent would become Anatomically Modern
Humans. They would begin to travel towards the Eurasian continent, absorbing the late Archaic Homo
Sapiens. The long separation geographically between the two would account for the morphological
differences that are observed. Erik Trinkaus is the Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor of Anthropology
at Washington University in St. Louis.
I found this article using the Anthropology Plus database by searching with the keywords Archaic
Homo sapiens.
18.) Mellars, Paul. "The Neanderthal Problem Continued." Current Anthropology 40.3 (1999): 341364. Anthropology Plus. Web. 24 Oct. 2012
This article refers to the supposed acculturation between Homo sapiens and Neanderthal man.
It instead seems to be against the thought that Anatomically Modern Humans "acculturated" the
Neanderthal man. Instead, it argues that due to the chronology of some of the stone tools that were
found, it was unlikely that the Neanderthal was being acculturated. The stone tools that were believed
to have been created as the result of Anatomically Modern Human acculturation are now thought the
be from before Neanderthal and Human interaction. Paul Mellars is a member of the department of
archaeology at the University of Cambridge.
I found this article using the JSTOR database by searching with the terms Homo sapiens,
Neanderthal, and cohabitation.
19.) Hardy, Bruce L. "Neanderthal Behaviour And Stone Tool Function At The Middle Paleaeolithic Site
Of La Quina, France." Antiquity 78.301 (2004): 547-565. Anthropology Plus. Web. 24 Oct. 2012.
This article refers to the Neanderthal diet, and some of the cultural and physical adaptations
may have been a result of this. It is argued that the Neanderthal was more adapted to its local
environment, contrast to the Anatomically Modern Humans of the time who were more generalists. The
stone tools found at the site of Quina, France show evidence of animal butchery as well as some plant
remains, meaning that they had used the tools for some wood working as well. The Neanderthal diet
seems to be composed mostly of meat but the evidence of the plant remains indicates that they had
some plants in their diet. Bruce L. Hardy is a member of the department of Anthropology at Kenyon
college.
I found this article using the Anthropology Plus database by searching with the term
Neanderthal.
20.) Smetacek, Victor, "Mind-grasping gravity", Nature VOL 415, 31 Jan. 2002
This article was about balance, in both the literal and metaphysical sense. It talked about how
the body physically controls balance via the somatosensory system, the inner ear, and how they both
act to control our body's center of gravity. It also mentioned how balance is an integral of Eastern
philosophy. Lastly, the article mentioned how balance is key to how your body perceives itself and other
objects spatially. Victor Smetacek is at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Am
Handelshafen 12,27570 Bremerhaven, Germany.
21.) Dusseldorp, Gerrit Leendert, 1979-. "Studying Pleistocene Neanderthal And Cave Hyena Dietary
Habits : Combining Isotopic And Archaeozoological Analyses." Journal Of Archaeological Method And
Theory 18.3 (2011): 224-255.Anthropology Plus. Web. 16 Feb. 2014.
This article was about researching Neanderthal and Cave Hyena diets using isotopic analysis in
addition to examining archaeozoological remains that reside in situ with their remains. The goal of this
study was to see if the diet that these two very different creatures had was in any way responsible for
their demise. If they had a very specific diet then perhaps that was partially responsible for
Neanderthals and Cave Hyenas going extinct.
22.) Disotell, Todd R, "Archaic Human Genomics." American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2012
23.) Walker, Michael J, "The Excavation of Buried Articulated Neanderthal Skeletons at Sima de Las
Palomas, Quaternary International, 2012
24.) Tanita Casci, "Genomics: Technical feat gives clues to Human Origins" Nature Reviews. Genetics,
volume II issue 7 (July 2010) p. 456, 2010
25.) Lieberman, Philip, "Current Views on Neanderthal Speech Capabilities: A reply to Boe Et Al.
(2002)." Journal of Phonetics, 2007
26.) Wall, Jeffery D. et al, "Higher levels of Neanderthal Ancestry in East Asians than in Europeans."
Genetics, May 2013, Vol. 194 issue 1
27.)Bocquet-Appel, Jean-Pierre, "Neanderthal Contradiction and Modern Human Colonization of
Europe." Antiquity vol. 79 #285, Sept. 2000
28.) Alcazewe, Takya et al, "New Discovery of a Neanderthal Child Burial from the Pederiyah cave in
Spain." Paleopiet Vol. 25 No. 2 (1999)
29.) Benton, Adam, www.evoanth.wordpress.com
Adam Benton is a graduate student at the University of Liverpool who is studying human
evolution. He posts a variety of interesting subjects on his blog EvoAnth ranging from things like an
ancient stone-age map to ancient cave art. He provides great insight and a fresh voice on the subject of
human evolution.
30.) Holmes, Andrew, www.livelikedirt.blogspot.com
Andrew Holmes is a graduate student at the University of Toronto who is focusing on human
evolution. His blog, Live like dirt, is filled with a variety of posts about human and non-human primate
evolution. He also posts a Monday primate and provides some information about that primate, with a
new one every week. He also posts some pretty sweet Rock n' Roll tunes.