The first peoples of the Atacama Desert lived among the trees: A 11,600-to 11,200-year-old grove and congregation site

PC Ugalde, D Joly, C Latorre… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
In deserts, water has been singled out as the most important factor for choosing where to
settle, but trees were likely an important part of the landscape for hunter-gatherers beyond …

[PDF][PDF] Living among the trees: PaleoIndigenous archaeological sites and a grove in the Atacama Desert, Chile

PC Ugalde - … COMMUNAL SPACE: LIVING UNDER THE TREES …, 2023 - researchgate.net
Humans first settled the core of the Atacama Desert between~ 12,800 and 11,200 years ago,
coinciding with an increase in sites and a more consistent human signal across South …