The OLDEST Archaeological Sites In North America

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These are the OLDEST archaeological sites in North America. The antiquity of some of these sites is becoming more widely accepted, but some are still VERY controversial. The ancient artifacts archaeologists discovered at these locations make us question everything we thought we knew about how people got to North America....



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Chapters:
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00:00 - The Anthropology of Running
01:57 - Was Clovis First?
04:47 - Meadowcroft Rockshelter
10:48 - White Sands National Park
14:46 - Bluefish Caves
21:02 - Topper
26:33 - The Cerutti Mastodon Site
31:34 - Concluding Thoughts
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[Evolve.]

What do you think about these Pre-Clovis sites? Do you buy it? Do you believe there are even older discoveries waiting to be found? Share your thoughts here!

[TrialzGTAS]

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[johnmcnulty]

I really appreciate the mention of Meadowcroft in SW Pennsylvania as I don't think that it gets referred to often enough. However, please know that the animal hole that brought up the stone fragments was made by a ground hog, not a badger as we don't have the latter animal in this part of Appalachia.

[TexRenner]

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[timwilliams]

Nice content! It's refreshing to hear about a controversial subject with an honest, impartial take. No aliens or Atlanteans necessary.

[Clearphish]

Thanks for this. It's an excellent resumé of the most recent archaeological discoveries of ancient human presence in the Americas.

[jimssawsnstuff]

Thanks for your efforts, I enjoyed your video, will watch for more 😉👍

[Mr.Goldtop]

An excellent informative video! Lots of great information!

[lizhodgevoicestudio-]

Thank you for your video! I’ve had a life long interest in archeology and would love to know more about archaeology in the Americas.

[ghougland]

Excellent factual video surveying the archaeological history of man in the Americas. Good job! What about the Solutrian hypothesis?

[Howard-bjjq]

Thanks, this is a great video. I have known about all the noted sites, but appreciate hearing about them again. Here in Virginia, we have 3 Paleo sites: Cactus Hill, Thunderbird, and Saltville. There is much available information on Cactus Hill.

[Dan-owes]

I will never understand why almost everyone sees the oceans as barriers for ancient people. Are they not aware that one person can circumnavigate the earth in a rowboat? Both men and women have done this in modern times. Humans have constructed boats for at least 50, 000 years. If one woman can row around the world now, what would stop people from doing this in the past? Absolutely nothing.

[flipflopski]

As soon as I seen that guy at 3:00 I'm out. That is the worst depiction I've ever seen of a hafted spear head. If early humans mounted their points like that we wouldn't be here.

[jholt]

The two geographical locations most conducive to supporting early hunter-gatherer populations were the coastal regions of oceans and seas, and along major riverways. The majority of the cultures in existence today that depend, either partially or primarily on hunting and gathering for their subsistence still obtain much of their caloric intake from the rich biological resources found along the coasts and major rivers. As such, it's only logical to presume that these same locations have been the most heavily populated areas going back hundreds of thousands of years, even before the emergence of modern humans. Being that sea level has risen roughly 400 feet since the last glacial maximum, and most if not all major river systems would have experienced repeated episodes of major or even catastrophic flooding during the melting of the ice sheets and mountain glaciers, I think it's safe to say the vast majority of the archeological evidence for early human habitation lies under hundreds of feet of water today, or was destroyed altogether by floods that were degrees of magnitude greater than any known during historic times. Unfortunately this leaves modern archeologists with precious few clues remaining with which they can try to piece together a view of human history before the greatest part of all that melting subsided six to eight thousand years ago. A good analogy might be trying to describe what's pictured in a 10, 000 piece puzzle when you only have a few dozen scattered puzzle pieces to go by. With so little to go on it's imprudent to rule out almost any possibility.

[LolaMontezxo]

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[kirtknierim]

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[tonkatoytruck]

The bones were closely inspected under a microscope and bone dust was found along the impact points. I find this conclusive for Cerrutti.

[JackKIng-gc]

I enjoyed the video immensely. No sensationalism, just the thoughtful presentation of the facts as applied to each site covered. I may not necessarily agree with the information about the oldest site, but I definitely appreciate learning about the Cerutti Mastodon Site, along with the others. Will you be covering other old sites, such as the new one just announced from Argentina where they found definite cut marks on the bones of giant armadillo-like mammals? I believe that site dates back to 21, 000 BP.

[junestanich]

Great subject and presentation, and love your narration

[LEONRIMES]

Extremely entertaining and informative! I absolutely believe older sites will be discovered. I also think it likely more east coast sites will be found and excavated possibly giving more credence to the Solutrean Hypothesis. It's all fun stuff....thanks!