Beringian paleoecology: results from the 1997 workshop

Abstract

Much progress has been made in the various fields concerned with Beringian studies since the publication of Paleoecology of Beringia in 1982. The 1997 Beringian Paleoenvironments workshop brought together Russian, Canadian, and American scientists, and the paleoecological and archaeological presentations gave rise to 20 papers. The main points of most of these papers are summarized here, in the context of specific research topics, including (1) timing and environments associated with the Old Crow tephra in Eastern Beringia; (2) Last Interglacial environments of Eastern Beringia; (3) interstadial environments from the middle of the Last Glaciation in Beringia; (4) full glacial environments in Beringia; (5) Lateglacial environments in Beringia; (6) early Holocene environments in Beringia; (7) Late Pleistocene archaeology of Siberia; and 8) the timing, adaptations, and possible migration routes of people entering the New World.