A late Pleistocene human presence at Huaca Prieta, Peru, and early Pacific Coastal adaptations
A late Pleistocene human presence at Huaca Prieta, Peru, and early Pacific Coastal adaptations
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Dillehay, Tom D.
Bonavia, Duccio
Goodbred, Steve L., Jr.
Pino, Mario
Vasquez, Victor
Rosales Tham, Teresa
Bonavia, Duccio
Goodbred, Steve L., Jr.
Pino, Mario
Vasquez, Victor
Rosales Tham, Teresa
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QUATERNARY RESEARCH,Vol.77,418-423,2012
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Abstract
Archaeological excavations in deep pre-mound levels at Huaca Prieta in northern Peru have yielded new evidence of late Pleistocene cultural deposits that shed insights into the early human occupation of the Pacific coast of South America. Radiocarbon dates place this occupation between similar to 14,200 and 13,300 cal yr BP. The cultural evidence shares certain basic technological and subsistence traits, including maritime resources and simple flake tools, with previously discovered late Pleistocene sites along the Pacific coast of Peru and Chile. The results help to expand our knowledge of early maritime societies and human adaption to changing coastal environments. (C) 2012 University of Washington. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.