Pioneers from Northern Japan in Idaho 16,000 Years Ago? A Critical Evaluation of the Evidence from Cooper’s Ferry

IF 1.6 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY

PaleoAmerica Pub Date : 2020-08-23 DOI:10.1080/20555563.2020.1778416

S. Fiedel, B. Potter, J. Morrow, M. Faught, C. Vance Haynes, J. Chatters

引用次数: 9

Abstract

ABSTRACT Davis et al. (2019) recently presented the results of excavations at the Cooper’s Ferry site, located beside the Salmon River in Idaho. They claim that initial occupation of this site dates from ∼16,000 calendar years ago, that the first inhabitants came from northern Japan, and that this site conclusively demonstrates that “humans initially migrated into the Americas along the Pacific coast.” Here, we critically examine the chronological, geoarchaeological, and artifactual evidence for the claimed antiquity of the Cooper’s Ferry site and show that this evidence remains inconclusive. We also show that the coastal migration theory proposed by Davis et al. is incompatible with emerging paleogenomic evidence. We conclude that the oldest demonstrated occupation of Cooper’s Ferry dates to ∼11,500 calendar years ago, although ambiguous evidence might (but probably does not) indicate an earlier episode of occupation at ∼14,600–14,100 calendar years ago.

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1.6万年前日本北部的拓荒者在爱达荷州?对库珀渡轮证据的批判性评价

Davis等人(2019)最近介绍了位于爱达荷州萨蒙河旁的库珀渡轮遗址的挖掘结果。他们声称，这个遗址的最初占领可以追溯到大约1.6万年前，第一批居民来自日本北部，这个遗址确凿地证明了“人类最初是沿着太平洋海岸迁移到美洲的。”在这里，我们严格检查时间，地质考古和人工证据，以证明库珀渡轮遗址的古老性，并表明这些证据仍然是不确定的。我们还表明，戴维斯等人提出的沿海迁移理论与新出现的古基因组证据不相容。我们得出的结论是，库珀渡口最古老的占领可以追溯到约11,500日历年前，尽管模糊的证据可能(但可能不会)表明更早的占领事件发生在约14,600-14,100日历年前。

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PaleoAmerica Earth and Planetary Sciences-Paleontology

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期刊介绍： PaleoAmerica disseminates new research results and ideas about early human dispersal and migrations, with a particular focus on the Americas. It fosters an interdisciplinary dialog between archaeologists, geneticists and other scientists investigating the dispersal of modern humans during the late Pleistocene. The journal has three goals: First and foremost, the journal is a vehicle for the presentation of new research results. Second, it includes editorials on special topics written by leaders in the field. Third, the journal solicits essays covering current debates in the field, the state of research in relevant disciplines, and summaries of new research findings in a particular region, for example Beringia, the Eastern Seaboard or the Southern Cone of South America. Although the journal’s focus is the peopling of the Americas, editorials and research essays also highlight the investigation of early human colonization of empty lands in other areas of the world. As techniques are developing so rapidly, work in other regions can be very relevant to the Americas, so the journal will publish research relating to other regions which has relevance to research on the Americas.

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