I don’t know what to tell ya, Varda. The concept that alternative theories to Clovis first were pushed in academia or those who did were accepted by the establishment has been gone for “many decades” just isn’t reflected by reality. This is well known. I was a student in the space and worked on multiple Clovis sites as part of my major towards the end of this period. I don’t have much else to say about it
Maybe that’s the difference in perspective. I’m in Adovasio’s territory and his advocacy was a ticket to a lot of power. Not many would have been given a department in another university after being kicked out of Pitt.
See my comment #81 regarding a disappointed/disgraced? woman I met 30 years or more ago.