Monte Verde
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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, generally su
View of Monte Verde and Chinchihuapi Creek in 2012
Chinchorro culture
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The Chinchorro culture of South America was a preceramic culture that lasted from 9,100 to 3,500 years BP. The people forming the Chinchorro culture were sedentary fishermen inhabiting the Pacific coa
Monte Verde
…site, and Pilauco Bajo would be a hunting and scavenging site. Further south lies the Pali Aike Crater lava tube, dated to 14,000–10,000 BP. The Chinchorro culture, which was mostly a coastal culture of northern Chile and southern Peru, originated ca. 9,000 years BP, and was long lasting. Other sites on the coast…
Landscape of Arica, Chile
Chinchorro funeral rites of the later period (1000-500 BC)
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Chinchorro mummies of the type site in Arica, Chile