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On the Pleistocene antiquity of Monte Verde, southern Chile
American antiquity • 62 (4) • Published In 1997 • Pages: 659-663
By: Meltzer, David J., Grayson, Donald K., Ardila, Gerardo, Barker, Alex W., Dincauze, Dena Ferran, Haynes, C. Vance (Caleb Vance), Mena, Francisco, Núñez A., Lautaro, Stanford, Dennis J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The authors reviewed the evidence and visited the site of Monte Verde along with other Paleo-Indian specialists to assess the site’s archaeological validity and pre-Clovis dating.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Post depositional processes in archaeological sites
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Paleo-Indian
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2017
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- New World
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- New World
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- January 1997
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 12,500 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Monte Verde, Chile
- NotesAdditional notes
- David J. Meltzer, Donald K. Grayson, Gerardo Ardila, Alex W. Barker, Dena F. Dincauze, C. Vance Haynes, Francisco Mena, Lautaro Núñez, and Dennis J. Stanford
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 663)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 46036122
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Paleo-Indians