A late Pleistocene human presence at Huaca Prieta, Peru, and early Pacific Coastal adaptations

Quaternary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 418-423

  Dillehay, Tom D ^a,b   Bonavia, Duccio ^c   Goodbred, Steve L ^a   Pino, Mario ^d   Vásquez, Victor ^e   Tham, Teresa Rosales ^e  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE TEMUCO   (Chile)

^c Casa de Osambela   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TRUJILLO   (Peru)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Huaca Prieta; Pacific coast; Peru; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS; ARCHAEOLOGY; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; HUACA PRIETA; LATE PLEISTOCENE; PERU; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATES; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOCIAL HISTORY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CHILE; PACIFIC COAST [CHILE]; PACIFIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; PERU;

HUACA;

EID: 84860427834     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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