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    Save The Date! Paleoamerican Odyssey 2026

    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. Mark your calendars now! 

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    Flintknapping

    Texas A&M students in the ANTH Lithic Artifact Analysis class take a shot at Flintknapping.

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    In the latest issue of the Mammoth Trumpet

    In the Latest issue of the Mammoth Trumpet, does the Clovis fluted point deserve its reputation? Could it kill a mammoth?

  • Special Issue PaleoAmerica

    Special Issue Paleo America Vol. 10 No. 2-3 Stemmed Points Across North America: Exploring Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Technological Parallels and Diversity, Guest Editors: Richard L. Rosencrance and Nathaniel R. Kitchel  

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    In the Latest Issue of Mammoth Trumpet

    In the October issue of the Mammoth Trumpet we are Foraging Northern Grasslands, Diving into the Past with Underwater Archaeology, Dining on Locusts and more! Subscribe Today!

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    CSFA Lecture Series

    The Center for the Study of the First Americans is looking forward welcoming Dr. Emily Lindsey on October 21.   She will be presenting, Fall of the Titans: What became of the world’s Ice Age megafauna and what does it mean for our future, at 3 PM central.  There will be a zoom for current CSFA members.  Dr. Emily Lindsey […]

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    Guest Lecture Series

      Center for the Study of the First Americans Guest Lecture Series is happy to welcome Dr. Brunella Muttillo on September 30 to Aggieland! She will be presenting, Gateway to South America: New Insights on the Early Human Settlement of Colombia.  There will be a zoom webinar available to all current CSFA members. JOIN TODAY! […]

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    In the latest issue of Mammoth Trumpet

    In the latest issue of Mammoth Trumpet we feature Bruce Bradley keeping his flintknapping skills alive, Center Alum Morgan Smith is at the Ryan-Harley site, we search for submerged evidence of early Americans, plus more! subscribe today!

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    Summer Reading!

    Large-Scale Traps of the Great Basin By Bryan Hockett and Eric Dillingham Contributions by Clifford Alpheus Shaw and Mark O’Brien This important new research from Bryan Hockett and Eric Dillingham examines the archaeological evidence for large-scale traps over the past 9,000 years in North America’s Great Basin. The authors provide field identification methods, hard data, […]

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    Join in the Exploration!

    Happy Summer! The Center for the Study of the First Americans is the premier research organization dedicated to understanding the Ice Age peopling of the Americas. One reason is because of Center members, and we sincerely appreciate them! Center member support is crucial to research, education, public outreach, and vital to our mission of excellence.  […]