Hi Karl:
This is Michael Wing, a PolarTREC teacher from last year. Like you, I participated in an archaeology project. You just said in your journal that the people you are studying entered a virgin continent - actually two virgin continents, and you wondered if they realized it. But surely there is evidence that people were here before the Clovis culture - Meadowcroft, Monte Verde sites etc. What does your team think about this issue? Was there really nobody here before Clovis people? Or, were there some but the arrival of Clovis people changed everything because now they could hunt large animals?
You are so lucky to be studying the Clovis people. They may have overdone it a bit on the big game hunting, but you have to admit it was a very exciting period in human history.
yours always, Michael Wing Finland '09