Monte Verde, Chile: A Comment on Lynch

A recent review by Lynch of late Pleistocene sites in South America is impaired by numerous errors and misrepresentations. Although Lynch omits several important sites and often selectively uses data to support his own position, this comment addresses his review of the Monte Verde site in Chile. Alt...

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Published in:American antiquity 1991-04, Vol.56 (2), p.333-341
Main Authors: Dillehay, Tom D., Collins, Michael B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
America and Arctic regions
Archaeological sites
Archaeological surveying
Chile
Clovis culture
Comments
Creeks
Excavations
Gravel
History
Material culture
Methods
Native South Americans
Paleoanthropology
Peat
Preceramic cultures
Prehistory and protohistory
Radiocarbon dating
South America
South American native peoples
Stone
Stratigraphy
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Summary:A recent review by Lynch of late Pleistocene sites in South America is impaired by numerous errors and misrepresentations. Although Lynch omits several important sites and often selectively uses data to support his own position, this comment addresses his review of the Monte Verde site in Chile. Although Lynch has not visited Monte Verde and has inspected few artifacts from the site, he questions the Pleistocene association of artifacts and the “hand of humans” in the site. Lynch’s interpretations are refuted on the grounds that he is unfamiliar with the site, that he reviewed obsolete publications, and that he often misrepresented material in these publications. The archaeological evidence for late Pleistocene human activity at Monte Verde is reviewed in terms of the site stratigraphy, chronology, and artifacts.
ISSN:0002-7316
2325-5064
DOI:10.2307/281422