Date of Award
Spring 5-10-2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Department
Anthropology and Geography
College
College of Humanities and Fine Arts
First Advisor
Carolyn Dillian
Abstract/Description
How Homo sapiens first entered North America has historically been attributed to a crossing of Beringia and a subsequent movement south through an ice-free corridor in Canada. Biological and physical research of the history of the area suggests an ice free corridor could not have existed in the same time frame as the first human settlements. These biological constraints would not have been present along the North West coast of the continent. New archaeological discoveries show early human settlement along the North West coast. Used together, this new evidence supports a coastal human migration instead of an inland route into North America.
Recommended Citation
Nye, Andrew and Dillian, Carolyn, "The Coastal Route: The Role of the Pacific Northwest Coastline in Facilitating Human Travel into the Americas" (2019). Honors Theses. 321.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/honors-theses/321