Kenneth Tankersley

An Interesting book on the early Americans, Clovis and The new DNA evidence of Besides Groupings that indicate several different waves from the Asian Link the "X" rare group that matchs West, not East Asian, plus Europe and Middle east DNA which indicates some much earlier came over via a Possiable Iberian up along the Ice edge In Atlantic over to Americias around 20,000-30,000 years back before the "modern" Wave of 10-12,000 years ago from East Asia and Siberia

A very interesting read and DNA is going to Show more in future of If Europeans were "johnny come latelys" or simply a New Wave 30,000 years later to Americas as Books last chapters hints at.… (altro)

Written for a general audience with lots of illustrations, Tankersley's book is a history of how we found out what we know about the people living in North America during the last Ice Age. It's also about the ongoing search for more sites and the science involved in dating and authenticating artifacts. His stories about both amateur and profession "bone-hunters" were very interesting. I particularly liked the ones about Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and George McJunkin. McJunkin was born a slave in Texas and when grown drifted further West, working on various ranches until settling as foreman on one in New Mexico. He was self-educated and particularly interested in history and also collected paleo artifacts. I found this book very enjoyable as I have always been interested in paleontology.… (altro)

This is a very entertaining book on one of my favorite subjects, the First Americans. When it comes to books about the First Americans, there are usually two kinds of books; straight research books and archaeological site reports. This book is not like either of these. This book is filled with stories about the players involved in the search and artifacts found of the First Americans. It is easy and entertaining to read. The author holds the readers' interest by telling the every day stories about a variety of subjects centering around the First Americans. My favorite story was about the fake Clovis Cache that some scoundrels tried to sell to Forest Fenn, Mr. Big Bucks - Clovis Cache owner himself. The story involved such people as Greg Perino, Woody Blackwell, Fenn, and the senior author of this book.

This book lies somewhere between archaeology textbook and novel, which makes some pretty entertaining reading. Two thumbs up.… (altro)