Monte Verde Archaeological Site Redated, Supporting Early Human Presence

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Recent archaeological dating efforts have refined the timeline for the Monte Verde site in Chile, a location widely recognized as evidence of early human presence in the Americas. The updated analysis continues to support the original findings that humans inhabited the site approximately 14,000 years ago, predating the Clovis culture. This reinforces the understanding that human migration into the Americas occurred earlier than previously thought.

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Monte Verde site gets a new date, but the big picture doesn't change

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Monte Verde

Monte Verde is a Paleolithic archaeological site in the Llanquihue Province in southern Chile, located near Puerto Montt, Los Lagos Region. The site is primarily known for Monte Verde II, dating to approximately 14,550–14,500 calibrated years Before Present (BP). The Monte Verde II site has been considered key evidence showing that the human settlement of the Americas pre-dates the Clovis culture by at least 1,000 years. This contradicts the previously accepted "Clovis first" model which holds that settlement of the Americas began after 13,500 cal BP. The Monte Verde findings were initially dismissed by most of the scientific community, but the evidence then became more accepted in archaeological circles. The site also contains an older, much more controversial layer suggested to date to 18,500 cal BP, that lacks the general acceptance of Monte Verde II.

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Chile

Chile este o țară din America de Sud, învecinată cu Peru la nord, Bolivia la nord-est și cu Argentina la est. Este cuprinsă între 17º29'57'S și 56º32'S latitudine sudică. Capitala statului se află la Santiago de Chile, cel mai mare oraș. Santiago este situat în Valea Centrală a țării și, din punct de vedere administrativ, face parte din Regiunea metropolitană Santiago. Deși Santiago este capitala, Congresul Național își ține ședințele în orașul Valparaíso.

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Clovis culture

The Clovis culture is an archaeological culture from the Paleoindian period of North America, spanning around 13,050 to 12,750 years Before Present (BP). The type site is Blackwater Draw locality No. 1 near Clovis, New Mexico, where stone tools were found alongside the remains of Columbian mammoths in 1929. Clovis sites have been found across North America. The most distinctive part of the Clovis culture toolkit are Clovis points, which are projectile points with a fluted, lanceolate shape. Clovis points are typically large, sometimes exceeding 10 centimetres (3.9 in) in length. These points were multifunctional, also serving as cutting tools. Other stone tools used by the Clovis culture include knives, scrapers, and bifacial tools, with bone tools including beveled rods and shaft wrenches, with possible ivory points also being identified. Hides, wood, and natural fibers may also have been utilized, though no direct evidence of this has been preserved. Clovis artifacts are often found grouped together in caches where they had been stored for later retrieval, and over 20 Clovis caches have been identified.

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