Jason Lavelle
US history period 2
Jason's US History Blog
URL: https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=382604205498027984#editor/src=dashboard
The Baring Land Bridge Theories
The most valid theory about the first Americans in my mind would be the Land Bridge theory because this theory has the most factual evidence proving this theory correct. It is a known fact that Asians came across the bearing land bridge connecting Asia to North America. There are different theories about this theory such as what kind of technology did the Asians bring with them and when did they come to the Americas. These people are the ancient ancestors of the Indians here in America today.
This theory about the what and when the ancient Indians came over states that the Indians came over around twenty thousand years ago with out a lot of technology. In this theory it states that the Indians then created the Clovis point here in America. The reason why is spear points found in the area thought to be the land where the ancient Americans lived in Asia were nothing like the Clovis point found in America. The reason why this is is the structure of the spear points were completely different the ones found in Asia were bone with rock edges where the Clovis points were all stone.
The other theory about the first Americans starts off much much later in history with a completely different premise to that of the theory above. This theory states that the first Americans came over the land bridge around thirteen thousand and five hundred years ago nearly seven thousand year difference between the two. This theory states that the people from Siberia brought with them the Clovis point from Asia and they had it before they came to America. Both of these theories have bits and pieces of the truth but the real truth probably lies somewhere in between those two theories.
Works Cited
http://ows.edb.utexas.edu/site/hight-kreitman/land-bridge-theory
Land Bridge Theory
No author
