There is a great scandal.in North American archaeology akin to that pertaining to Egyptology.
Science is out the window, as a few hardheads are preventing actual debate on when humans came to NA.
If you’re not aware, research the controversy over the Mexican site at Hueyatlaco. There was a documentary about it I saw on Amazon and at the end I was so mad I was fit to be tied, having learned that this BS has not only infected other sciences, by my beloved archaeology.
The book about it was titled Forbidden Archaeology.
Yeah, read book, saw video.
All of current human history is based of the theory of gradualism, status quo with small changes over a long period of time. Any alterations would open too many previously closed doors, cause academic reputations to wither, funding to dry up, induce peer pressure so great that a new line of work would be in the offing.
As we see on this thread, it is not necessary to form a definite opinion by actually going and looking at the things in question, merely to read and pronounce judgment. There is a definitive book written by a guy who never looked at his material, yet it is archeological gospel today. Science is not necessary as it is already ‘settled’, just opinions are all that is need to quash any anomaly that pops up.
Modern theory does not account for any of the obvious anomalies found at various sites around the world, just dismisses them or label them not important and places them in some obscure museum case no one looks at. (Like optometric ground lens labeled ‘jewelry’ from Old Kingdom Egypt. Or classical references to seeing over the horizon by mean of a tube with an eye piece).