Monte Verde II: an assessment of new radiocarbon dates and their sedimentological context

Monte Verde II in southern Chile is one of the most important, and debated, sites for understanding of the early peopling of the Americas. The authors present 43 radiocarbon measurements based on cores of sediments that overlie the archaeological deposits adjacent to the site. Statistical analysis o...

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Published in:Antiquity 2023-06, Vol.97 (393), p.524-540
Main Authors: Pino, Mario, Dillehay, Tom D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Anthropological research
Archaeology
Bones
Carbon dating
Charcoal
Excavation
Historic artifacts
Ice ages
Laboratories
Land settlement
Migration
Pleistocene Epoch
Radiocarbon dating
Sediments
Sediments (Geology)
Statistical analysis
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Summary:Monte Verde II in southern Chile is one of the most important, and debated, sites for understanding of the early peopling of the Americas. The authors present 43 radiocarbon measurements based on cores of sediments that overlie the archaeological deposits adjacent to the site. Statistical analysis of these dates narrows the deposition of the earliest sediments sealing the occupational layer to c. 14 550 cal BP. The consistency between the dates of the site's archaeological strata and its adjacent deposits allows not only consolidation of the site's chronology, but also illustration of how a multi-pronged approach can inform debates surrounding the peopling of new lands—in the Americas or elsewhere.
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.15184/aqy.2023.32