With the definitive dating of the "human" footprints at White Sands pushing back the earliest human occupation of North America to 21,000 to 23,000 years BP, we decided to take a look at several well known pre-Clovis sites. These sites are often controversial and heavily debated amongst archaeologists. We'll discuss the findings from each site, why they are controversial, and what we think. Links * Stunning footprints push back human arrival in Americas by thousands of years (Nat Geo) [https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/fossil-footprints-challenge-theory-when-people-first-arrived-americas] * Evidence of humans in North America during the Last Glacial Maximum (Science) [https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abg7586] * 130k-Year-Old Arch Site with Dr. Steven Holen - Special Episode - The Archaeology Show [https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archaeology/15] * Radioactive Science and a 130,000-Year-Old Mastodon - ArchaeoTech 52 [https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/archaeotech/52] * Settlers of Cerutti: Evaluating Claims About the Cerutti Mastodon Site - Ruins 37 [https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ruins/37] * Reclaiming Indigenous Histories and the Indigenous Paleolithic - HeVo 31 [https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/heritagevoices/31] * Getting "in tune" with the Paleoindian with Dr. Jesse Tune - Ruins 50 [https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ruins/50] * Ancient America - Meadowcroft Rockshelter - Arch365 140 [https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/arch365/140] * Surprise discoveries in Mexico Cave may double time of peopling of the Americas [https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/surprise-chiquihuite-cave-discovery-mexico-double-peopling-americas?loggedin=true] * Evidence of human occupation in Mexico around the Last Glacial Maximum [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2509-0] * Were humans living in a Mexican cave during the last ice age? (Science) [https://www.science.org/content/article/were-humans-living-mexican-cave-during-last-ice-age] Contact * Chris Webster * chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com/] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724] Affiliates * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/] * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff] * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/]