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100 1 Davis, Robert V.,|d1947-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
names/n2021036162|eauthor.
245 14 The Search for the First Americans|bScience, Power,
Politics /|cRobert V. Davis, Jr.
264 1 Norman :|bUniversity of Oklahoma Press,|c[2021]
264 3 Baltimore, Md. :|bProject MUSE, |c2021.
264 4 |c©[2021]
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505 0 American Indian creation myths -- Euro-American theories -
- Clovis-first -- Pre-Clovis: Monte Verde and Meadowcroft
-- Case studies: Atlantis and Chinese bestiary --
Anthropology and archaeology -- Bioanthropology -- The
other sciences: genetics, linguistics, and physics --
Laboratories and museums -- Identity and heritage
preservation -- Native American graves protection and
Repatriation Act -- Case studies: Kennewick Man and Tarim
Basin.
506 0 Open Access|fUnrestricted online access|2star
520 "Who were the First Americans? Where did they come from?
When did they get here? Are they the ancestors of modern
Native Americans? These questions might seem
straightforward, but scientists in competing fields have
failed to convince one another with their theories and
evidence, much less Native American peoples. The practice
of science in its search for the First Americans is a
flawed endeavor, Robert V. Davis tells us. His book is an
effort to explain why. Most American history textbooks
today teach that the First Americans migrated to North
America on foot from East Asia over a land bridge during
the last ice age, 12,000 to 13,000 years ago. In fact,
that theory hardly represents the scientific consensus,
and it has never won many Native adherents. In many ways,
attempts to identify the first Americans embody the
conflicts in American society between accepting the
practical usefulness of science and honoring cultural
values. Davis explores how the contested definition of
"First Americans" reflects the unsettled status of Native
traditional knowledge, scientific theories, research
methodologies, and public policy as they vie with one
another for legitimacy in modern America. In this light he
considers the traditional beliefs of Native Americans
about their origins; the struggle for primacy-or even
recognition as science-between the disciplines of
anthropology and archaeology; and the mediating,
interacting, and sometimes opposing influences of external
authorities such as government agencies, universities,
museums, and the press. Fossil remains from Mesa Verde,
Clovis, and other sites testify to the presence of First
Americans. What remains unsettled, as The Search for the
First Americans makes clear, is not only who these people
were, where they came from, and when, but also the very
nature and practice of the science searching for answers.
"--|cProvided by publisher.
520 "Case study of the practice of science in its search for
the First Americans and examines: (1) the conflicts
between the methods of science and the traditional beliefs
of modern Native Americans; (2) the power struggles for
primacy of place internal to the sciences themselves; and
(3) the interactions with external authorities such as
government agencies, the press, universities, and museums.
It examines how First American issues have been defined
and how differences in cultural myths, scientific theories,
research methodologies and public policy remain unsettled
in modern America. It also investigates the blurred
boundaries between science and myth as well as between
fact and theory that ultimately weaken the credibility of
science as a cultural mechanism for interpreting the
natural world"--|cProvided by publisher.
588 Description based on print version record.
590 Project Muse|bProject Muse Open Access
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655 7 Electronic books. .|2local
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856 40 |zOnline eBook. Open Access via Project Muse. |uhttps://
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