Rethinking Monte Verde, Chile, and the Timing of Human Arrival in the Americas

Todd A. Surovell is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the George C. Frison Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Wyoming, holding a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. His research focuses on the human colonization of the Americas, Ice Age megafaunal extinctions, stone tool technology, and site formation processes, primarily in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. He is internationally recognized for developing standard methodological approaches in archaeological dating, site geology assessment, and dwelling identification, as well as for his prominent role in major disciplinary debates including the overkill hypothesis and the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis. His work has appeared in leading journals such as "Science", "the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences", and "Science Advances", and he is the author of two books published by the University of Arizona Press.