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A late pleistocene human presence at Huaca Prieta, Peru, and early Pacific Coastal adaptations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Tom D. Dillehay ,
Duccio Bonavia ,
Steve L. Goodbred Jr. ,
Mario Pino ,
Victor Vásquez  and
Teresa Rosales Tham
Tom D. Dillehay*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA Escuela de Antropología, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco, Chile
Duccio Bonavia
Affiliation:
Academia Nacional de Historia, Lima, Perú
Steve L. Goodbred Jr.
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
Mario Pino
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
Victor Vásquez
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Bioarqueología, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Perú
Teresa Rosales Tham
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Bioarqueología, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Perú
*
*Corresponding author at: Department of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University, TN, USA. E-mail address:tom.d.dillehay@vanderbilt.edu (T.D. Dillehay).
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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 ~ 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.

Keywords

Huaca PrietaArchaeologyPleistocenePeruPacific coast
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Short Paper
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Quaternary Research , Volume 77 , Issue 3 , May 2012 , pp. 418 - 423
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University of Washington

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