An evaluation of recent claims for early human settlement of South America is presented.
Some of the problems with these cases are reviewed, particularly the ways in which …

The peopling of the Americas and human interaction with the Pleistocene megafauna in
South America remain hotly debated. The Santa Elina rock shelter in Central Brazil shows …

The initial peopling of South America is a topic of intense archaeological debate. Among the
most contentious issues remain the nature of the human-megafauna interaction and the …

Many archaeologists are still skeptical about a human presence in the Americas during or
before the Late Glacial Maximum (LGM), considering that the claim is not yet sustained by …

This paper summarizes the current archaeological, physiographic, demographic, molecular,
and bioarchaeological understanding of the initial peopling and subsequent population …

Abstract The Southern Cone of South America (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Southeastern
Brazil) was the last continental mass colonized by humans. Until recently, the discussion …

Recientes cambios en la estructura del debate sobre el poblamiento americano incluyen la
utilización de técnicas sofisticadas de análisis, la aceptación de edades bastante mayores a …

ABSTRACT Researchers at Arroyo del Vizcaíno (AdV), Uruguay, have argued that human
occupation dates prior to the Last Glacial Maximum (33,000–31,000 cal BP) based on the …

This comment is a brief response to the bibliographic review made by Gómez Coutouly in
this issue of PaleoAmerica. We reaffirm that the anthropic nature of the Pleistocene sites in …

This paper focuses on the contributions of taphonomic approaches to the study of lithic
assemblages. Based on actualistic and archaeological case studies from Fuego-Patagonia …