Monte Verde: Seaweed, food, medicine, and the peopling of South America

Science

Volumn 320, Issue 5877, 2008, Pages 784-786

  Dillehay, Tom D ^a,b   Ramirez C ^b   Pino, M ^b,c   Collins, M B ^d   Rossen, J ^e   Pino Navarro, J D ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Nucleo Forest Ecosystemic Serv to Aquatic Syst under Climat Fluctuations   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; DIET; FOOD; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MEDICINE; SEAWEED;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ESTUARINE SPECIES; FOOD; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MEDICINE; MIGRATION; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAWEED; SOUTH AMERICA; TEMPERATURE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILE; DIET; HISTORY; NORTH AMERICA; SEA;

CHILE; LOS LAGOS; MONTE VERDE; PACIFIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE;

ALGAE; CHILE; DIET; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOOD SUPPLY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWEED; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 44049095202     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1156533     Document Type: Article

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30. We thank NSF for sponsoring this research and the Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales, Chile, for supporting it. We are especially grateful to R. Westermeier for identifying the species of some algae specimens and for providing invaluable information on the seaweeds in south Chile. J.D.P.-N's work was supported by FONDECYT grant number 1060111. M.P.'s work was supported by the Millenium Science Nucleus FORECOS, grant number P04-065-F. The stone specimens were drawn by P. Headrick and digitally imaged and photographically composed by S. Gardner. P. Silcox aided in formatting all figures. P. Romero drafted the digital map in Fig. 1. The authors are solely responsible for any mistakes.