Center for the Study of the First Americans – Pursue research, train students, promote scientific dialogue, and stimulate public interest in the first people to enter and settle the Americas

The Center for the Study of the First Americans is hosting an International Conference on the First Americans October 14-17, 2026 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. You are invited to participate in a three-day examination of the first people to explore and settle the Americas at the end of the last Ice Age. This conference is for everyone—archaeologists, avocational archaeologists, Quaternary scientists, students, and anyone interested in archaeology. Follow the links to register to attend the conference, get hotel discounts, and present posters.

Register now to attend Paleoamerican Odyssey 2026

Posted May 8, 2026

Flaked Stone Artifacts from the East Wenatchee Clovis Cache By Bruce Huckell, Bruce A. Bradley and Peter J. Mehringer Jr.

Posted May 8, 2026

Brand new book in the Peopling of the Americas Publications Series! Check it out today! Flaked Stone Artifacts from the East Wenatchee Clovis Cache By Bruce Huckell, Bruce A. Bradley and Peter J. Mehringer Jr.
Foreword by Joe Watkins Contributions by J. David Kilby

Learn more about the 14,400-year-old Monte Verde site, Chile.

Posted May 8, 2026

Read three critiques of a recent article suggesting the site dates to the Holocene and not the late Pleistocene. Also, to learn more about the Monte Verde site you can follow the links in the critiques to a 104-page report with detail information about Monte Verde. These letters and the report set the record straight.

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Register now to attend Paleoamerican Odyssey 2026

Register now to attend Paleoamerican Odyssey 2026

Flaked Stone Artifacts from the East Wenatchee Clovis Cache By Bruce Huckell, Bruce A. Bradley and Peter J. Mehringer Jr.

Learn more about the 14,400-year-old Monte Verde site, Chile.

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