Colonization of the Americas c. 18,000-8,000 BC

Caption

Colonization of the Americas c. 18,000-8,000 BC

Summary

This map shows the possible colonization route from Asia to the Americas. The sites located date approximately between 13,000-8,000.

Legend indicates:

  • Maximum extent of ice sheets c. 16,000 BC
  • Minimum extent of ice sheets c. 10,000 BC
  • Sea levels at glacial maximum c. 16,000 BC
  • Siberian site after 18,000 BC
  • Possible colonization route
  • Sites dated:
    • c. 13-12,000 BC
    • c. 12-10,000 BC
    • c. 10-9,000 BC
    • c. 9-8,000 BC

Source

Oxford Atlas of World History, Oxford University Press, 2002. General Editor Patrick K. O’Brien.

Chapter 1. The Ancient World: “From Hunting to Farming: The Americas 12,000-1000 BC,” page 24.

Copyright

Map copyright © Philip’s, a division of Octopus Publishing Ltd. Source: Philip’s Atlas of World History.

Used under license from Octopus Publishing Group.

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