{"product_id":"those-who-walked-before-fossil-footprints-at-white-sands-9780826369413","title":"Those Who Walked Before: Fossil Footprints at White Sands","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the most important archaeological discoveries of the last century, which rocked the field of archaeology and fundamentally shifted our collective knowledge of human occupation in the Americas.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a warm winter day in 2005, while mending fences in the backcountry of White Sands National Park, David F. Bustos, the park's biologist turned resource-program manager, spotted his first Ice Age human footprint. He initially ignored it as a print made from a modern cowboy boot, but it nagged him for years. As Bustos became adept at identifying the trackways of Ice Age megafauna, he could not shake the feeling that ancient humans had walked there too. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt turns out, Bustos was right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the expertise of archaeologist Daniel Odess, British geologist Matthew R. Bennett, and a vast team of researchers they uncovered what is now considered the longest fossilized footprint trail in the world. Preserved beneath layers of alkaline gypsum sand are the unmistakable footprints of early humans, evidence that rewrites the timeline for the initial peopling of the Americas and is arguably the most important archaeological discovery of the last hundred years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThose Who Walked Before: Fossil Footprints at White Sands\u003c\/i\u003e is the riveting, first-person account of this extraordinary scientific journey that recounts in vivid detail the excitement of an evolving and ongoing research program complete with dramatic discoveries, disheartening failures, and significant impacts that have shifted our collective knowledge of Indigenous America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Bennett,David F. Bustos,Daniel Odess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Unm Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826369413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew R. Bennett\u003c\/b\u003e is a geoscience professor from the United Kingdom. He is one of the world's leading authorities on vertebrate ichnology (the study of fossilized trackways), and he is the author of \u003ci\u003eOur Dynamic Earth: A Primer\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Bustos\u003c\/b\u003e is the integrated resource-program manager at White Sands National Park, where he has investigated ancient human and megafauna footprints throughout the park for more than a decade. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Odess\u003c\/b\u003e is an archaeologist with extensive experience conducting research in Alaska, northern Canada, and arctic Russia. He is a coeditor of \u003ci\u003eHonoring Our Elders: A History of Eastern Arctic Archaeology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Matthew Bennett \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48363881758877,"sku":"9780826369413","price":26.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_f27c9baa-6853-4d91-a6b7-08dbc560d024.jpg?v=1780429437","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/those-who-walked-before-fossil-footprints-at-white-sands-9780826369413","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}