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Paleo-Indian Discoidal Stones from Southern South America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Junius B. Bird*
Affiliation:
American Museum of Natural History New York, New York

Abstract

Four discoidal stone objects from southern Chile and Argentina can be attributed to the Paleo-Indian occupation of the region. Two were clearly associated with extinct horse and sloth and have a radiocarbon age of over 11,000 years. The other two are judged to be part of the same cultural complex.

Type
Facts and Comments
Copyright
Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1970

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