[HTML][HTML] Late Pleistocene human occupation of the hyperarid core in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile

C Latorre, CM Santoro, PC Ugalde, EM Gayo… - Quaternary Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
Few archeological sites in South America contain uncontroversial evidence for when the first
peopling of the continent occurred. Largely ignored in this debate, extreme environments …

Reconstructing the deep population history of Central and South America

C Posth, N Nakatsuka, I Lazaridis, P Skoglund… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
We report genome-wide ancient DNA from 49 individuals forming four parallel time transects
in Belize, Brazil, the Central Andes, and the Southern Cone, each dating to at least∼ 9,000 …

[HTML][HTML] Human-environmental interactions in Mediterranean climate regions from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene

T Rick, MÁC Ontiveros, A Jerardino, A Mariotti… - Anthropocene, 2020 - Elsevier
From mobile hunter-gatherers to a series of state societies, Mediterranean climate regions
(MED) around the world have been critical areas for human and biological evolution for …

Fires and rates of change in the temperate rainforests of northwestern Patagonia since∼ 18 ka

PI Moreno, C Méndez, CA Henríquez… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
We examine the temporal and spatial structure of wildfires and rates of vegetation change in
the Pacific sector of northwestern Patagonia (40°-44° S) over the last∼ 18,000 years …

Mid Holocene radiocarbon ages in the Subtropical Andes (∼ 29°–35° S), climatic change and implications for human space organization

C Méndez, A Gil, G Neme, AN Delaunay… - Quaternary …, 2015 - Elsevier
This article discusses the distribution of radiocarbon age signatures obtained from
archeological sites between 29° and 35° S in Central Chile and Midwest Argentina. The …

Climate and oceanic condition changes influence subsistence economic adaptation through intensification on the Central Andean coasts

KM Wilson, WC McCool, JB Coltrain - Quaternary International, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the causes of subsistence economic adaptation remains a critical topic in
archaeology. Here we explore one potential causal phenomenon, climate change, to …

Terminal Pleistocene/early Holocene 14C dates form archaeological sites in Chile: Critical chronological issues for the initial peopling of the region

CM Melgar - Quaternary International, 2013 - Elsevier
A review of 14C information for archaeological sites in Chile between 13,000 and 7000 BP
assesses the consistency of information on the early settlement of the region. Results …

The Pre-Columbian peopling and population dispersals of South America

RC Sutter - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2021 - Springer
This paper summarizes the current archaeological, physiographic, demographic, molecular,
and bioarchaeological understanding of the initial peopling and subsequent population …

Chronological sequence (early and late Holocene) and cultural trajectories in Quebrada Pedernales, southern Puna, Chile (26 S-3,456-3,730 masl)

PL Mendoza, C Carrasco, R Loyola, V Méndez… - Quaternary …, 2023 - Elsevier
This article presents the results of the interdisciplinary investigation in Quebrada Pedernales
(26° S-69° W, Chile 3456 masl), in the highlands of northern Chile. The excavations and …

Huentelauquén coastal groups in the Andean highlands? An assessment of human occupations of the Early Holocene in Salar de Pedernales, Chile (26°S, 3356 …

P López, C Carrasco, R Loyola… - …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
We present new evidence obtained in archaeological surveys in Quebrada Pedernales
(3356 masl), in the southern puna of Chile (26° S; 69° W). A series of surface findings such …