The Peopling of Southern Cone: A View from the Other Side of the Andes

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Dedication, Collaboration, and Vision, Part II: Papers in Honor of Tom D. Dillehay" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The discovery of Monte Verde 2 west of the Andes confirmed a pre-Clovis peopling of South America. Since then, other archeological evidence in the eastern plains of the Southern Cone showed diverse adaptive patterns and varied technologies, different from Monte Verde, between 14,000 and 12,000 cal BP. In this presentation, the extant information from 15 sites in the Pampas region will be summarized, and the peopling of the Southern Cone will be discussed. Recent human paleogenomics data related to the mitochondrial clades D1g and D1j will also be integrated. The current data permits to outline two phases during the process of peopling this region. An early stage was represented at the Arroyo Seco 2 site in the grasslands, and a later phase testified at several sites, both in the grasslands and in the Tandilia Hills, many of them with Fishtail projectile points. Some sites also display other projectile point types (i.e., El Tigre). The current evidence suggests a heterogeneous cultural scenario in the Southern Cone during the Late Pleistocene times and a significant increase in population after 13,000 cal BP.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Dedication, Collaboration, and Vision, Part II: Papers in Honor of Tom D. Dillehay   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 36505.0