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why is Monte verde so exceptional?
its complexity and its antiquity
how many years aprox does monte verde have?
12,500
a series of relatively recent archaeological, linguistic and genetic studies and findings, which question the classical theory of the late settlement of the American continent based on the Clovis culture.
pre-clovis theory
how many years ago the clovis theory
13,300 to 12,800
clovis theory: spreadheads found in 1930 at a site in
clovis, new mexico
the last settlement of clovis
last millennium of the Pleistocene
clovis used a very careful technique of stone carving to
hunt the giant fauna that existed in the Ice Age
clovis specialized in hunting:
mastodons, mamuts and bison
clovis great denial
great atiquity of humanity in america
solutrean theory created by
by dennis stanford and bruce bradley
solutrean theory hypothesis said that
- around 20,000 years ago
- from europe to the US eastern coast
- stanfrod’s “Europe first”
coastal migration theory
- by boat through the pacific ocean
- around 15,000 years ago
- following the coast of asia and beringia all the way to the south
- support from the maritime environment
Traditionally considered the first habitants of America and ancestors of all American natives culture, dating back 13,500 years, during the last ice age.
the clovis
main characteristics of clovis
- Clovis points
- Great hunters of different huge mammals
- Groups made up of hunter families, between 25- 100 people
- Their settlements were based on hunting and water
Claims to be an astronomical
impact of an object causing the
extinction of most large animals in North America and the disappearance of the Clovis culture.
clovis comet hypothesis
Indicates that the Clovis were affected by the scarcity of large animals in the areas that they habited because of having hunted this fauna extremely.
anthropogenic extinction
establishment and development of monte verde
the settlement was formed by a small group of no more than 30 colonists
the clovis caverns found:
filled with mud and surrounded by stone tools, remains of seeds, remains of seeds, nuts and berries, suggest, that an organized economy existed in monte verde
the monte verde II findings would also challenge
the theory that all ice age peoples were nomadic hunters
since january 25 2008, monte verde has been protected as
a national historic monument of chile
process of territorial occupation that
consists of settling in a place temporarily with the aim of extracting its wealth (natural resources) from the territory.
conquer
process of territorial occupation that
consists of settling in a place permanent with the
intention of populating it.
colonize
was first conquered and then colonized
latin america
early conquest of latin america
late 15th and early 16th centuries or middle ages, discovery of christopher colombus