PaleoAmerican Odyssey 2026 Speakers, Titles and Abstracts

Aceituno, Francisco Abstract:

Early Peopling in Northwestern South America: a Review of the Present State of the Discussion

Anderson, David G. Abstract:

The Peopling of the Americas: Current Understanding and Future Directions

Bennett, Matthew Abstract:

Stepping into the New World: Evidence from Fossil Footprints

Borrero, Luis Alberto Abstract:

The Exploration of the Americas: Between the Expected and the Unexpected

Braje, Todd Abstract:

Initial Coastal Migration into The Americas: What We Know and Need to Know

Bueno, Lucas Abstract:

How Old Could be a New World? Brazilian Archaeological Perspectives for Early Peopling of Americas

Davis, Loren G. Abstract:

Cooper’s Ferry/Nipéhe: A Keystone Pre-Clovis Site in North America

Dillehay, Tom D. Abstract:

Synthesizing the Evidence and Implication of the First Peopling of South America

Froese, Duane Abstract:

Viability and Timing of Pre-Last Glacial Maximum and Deglacial Connections Between Beringia and Continental North America Through the Ice Free Corridor

Goebel, Ted Abstract:

Back to the Source: Exploring Northeast Asia for the Origins of the First Americans

Graf, Kelly Abstract:

The Shég’ Xdaltth’i’ Site in Central Alaska and Its Contribution to the Peopling of Beringia

Halligan, Jessi Abstract:

The Page—Ladson Site, Florida, and the Contributions of Submerged Landscapes Archaeology to First Americans Research

Ives, John W. Abstract:

The Mythical Corridor—Rapidly Shifting Perspectives

Jenkins, Dennis Abstract:

Late Pleistocene Human Occupations of the Paisley Caves

Jennings, Thomas and Ashley Smallwood Abstract:

The Post-Clovis Younger Dryas Record of the Eastern Woodlands

Knell, Ed Abstract:

A Post—Clovis Profusion: The Spatiotemporal Distribution of Stemmed Projectile Points in Western North America

Larson, Greger Abstract:

Correlating the Genetic History of Dogs and People Following Their Arrival into the Americas

Lindsey, Emily Abstract:

Timing, Causes and Ecological Consequences of Pleistocene Mammal and Bird Extinctions in North America: a Regional Analysis

Lohse, Jon Abstract:

Peopling Central America: Stone Tool Technologies, Site Distributions, and New Understandings of the Earliest Occupants of the New World Neotropics

McClaren, Duncan Abstract:

Archaeological and Paleo-environmental Insights into the Post-Glacial Emergence of Land, Sea, Biota and People on the Pacific Coast of Canada

Meltzer, David Abstract:

What We Know and Still Don’t Know About the Peopling of the Americas

Méndez, César Abstract:

The Andean Corridor West of Southern South America: Weighing the Timing and Characteristics of the Late Pleistocene Occupation

Nami, Hugo G. Abstract:

Echoes of the First Americans: The Significance of Fell Points in the Peopling of the New World

Pitblado, Bonnie Abstract:

Peopling of the Western Hemisphere in the 2020s: The State of the Art & Its Future

Politis, Gustavo G. Abstract:

The Peopling of South America 2026: There is No Silver Bullet

Potter, Ben A. Abstract:

Beringian Archaeology, Genetics and Northeast Asian – North American Connections

Rademaker, Kurt Abstract:

The Peopling of Western South America: Evidence from Andean and Pacific Corridors

Rosencrance, Richard Abstract:

The What, Where, and When of the Western Stemmed Tradition

Sanchez-Miranda, Guadalupe Abstract:

Recent Late Pleistocence Geoarcheological Investigations in Northwest Mexico

Smith, Heather Abstract:

Current Assessments of the Clovis Complex and its Role in the Peopling of the Americas

Surovell, Todd Abstract:

Domestic Spaces at the La Prele Site, Converse County, Wyoming

Waters, Michael R. Abstract:

Archaeological Evidence from the Debra L. Friedkin and Manis Sites and the Initial Late Pleistocene Peopling of North America

Willerslev, Eske Abstract:

Understanding the peopling of the Americas from ancient genomics

Williams, Thomas Abstract:

Exploring Site Function and Patterns in the Upper Paleolithic of North America: A Case Study from the Gault Site

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PaleoAmerican Odyssey 2026 Speakers, Titles and Abstracts