About the Author

As associate professor of Anthropology at Texas State University–San Marcos and a GAES honorary research fellow at the University of the Witwatersrand, C. BRITT BOUSMAN has conducted archaeological research in the Southern Plains and peripheral areas since 1972. His contributions include co-authoring “Paleoindian Archeology in Texas” in The Prehistory of Texas (Texas A&M University Press, 2004).

BRADLEY J. VIERRA is a principal investigator at Statistical Research Inc. He has researched and written extensively on hunter-gatherer archaeology, stone tool technology, and origins of agriculture, with a special focus on the American Southwest.

Reviews

"The authors make a compelling case that a marked change in artifact types is a result of population shifts in the Pacific Northwest...well-organized and well-written...a welcome summary of data on the Paleoindian and Archaic in Sonora, Mexico...an excellent summary of recent data on the Late Pleistocene through Early Holocene developments in central Texas..."--David Carlson, associate professor of Anthropology

|"...a highly useful compendium of authoritative regional overviews of changing human adaptions across the Pleistocene-Holocene transition...a much needed review of the varieties of responses of regional populations to the varied environmental changes across North America...important and useful contribution...an important addition to the literature...not aware of any competing book that covers this ground as well..."--Bradley T. Lepper, curator of archaeology at the Ohio Historical Society

|"I highly recommend this collection...this book provided new updates and interpretations...this publication will make a timely and important contribution to the Paleoindian studies of this region and North America in general...will be heavily used by researchers...and by many more from outside the region."--Kurt W. Carr, Ph.D, Senior Curator of Archaeology for the State Museum of Pennsylvania, former chief of the Division of Archaeology and Protectiong for Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office