Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Traces of Our Oldest Ancestors

For some of us, PaleoIndian points are the only traces of our earliest ancestors.

Dr. Jonathan Lothrop is curator of archaeology at the New York State Museum and opened the 11th Annual Algonquin People's Seminar this past Saturday with his presentation. He showed how the location of the points indicate how the Northeast was populated as the glaciers retreated beginning 13,000 B.C.









This video is a brief explanation of the New York PaleoIndian Database Project and its importance.