Archaeology and Research in Chile
Archaeological sites and research.
Geoglyphs at Cerro Pintado
The geoglyphs at Cerro Pintado remind us that the Atacama has sustained life for thousands of years. This "outdoor mural," covering most of the mountain side, is one of the largest in the world. Photo.
The geoglyphs at Cerro Pintado remind us that the Atacama has sustained life for thousands of years. This "outdoor mural," covering most of the mountain side, is one of the largest in the world. Photo.
Geotop Bildarchiv - Archäologie: Chile -Osterinsel
Click on a thumbnail for a larger image on Easter Island moais.
Click on a thumbnail for a larger image on Easter Island moais.
Monte Verde Excavation: or Clovis Police Beat a Retreat
"After long, often bitter debate, archeologists have finally come to a consensus that humans reached southern Chile 12,500 years ago. The date is more than 1,000 years before the previous benchmark for human habitation in the Americas, 11,200-year-old stone spear points first discovered in the 1930s near Clovis, N.M."
"After long, often bitter debate, archeologists have finally come to a consensus that humans reached southern Chile 12,500 years ago. The date is more than 1,000 years before the previous benchmark for human habitation in the Americas, 11,200-year-old stone spear points first discovered in the 1930s near Clovis, N.M."
Monte Verde Under Fire
"Acclaimed in 1997 as the earliest known site in the Americas and the first undoubted pre-Clovis site, Monte Verde, in southern Chile, is now being questioned. ... The challenge throws the debate about the colonization of the Americas wide open."
"Acclaimed in 1997 as the earliest known site in the Americas and the first undoubted pre-Clovis site, Monte Verde, in southern Chile, is now being questioned. ... The challenge throws the debate about the colonization of the Americas wide open."
Monte Verde
"Monte Verde es un yacimiento arqueológico ubicado junto al estero Chinchihuapi, a 35 kilómetros al suroeste de Puerto Montt. En él se encontraron los restos de un antiguo campamento de más de 12 mil 500 años de antigüedad, todos muy bien preservados gracias a una capa de turba que cubría el sitio, aislando el material del oxígeno y, por lo tanto, de la destrucción."
"Monte Verde es un yacimiento arqueológico ubicado junto al estero Chinchihuapi, a 35 kilómetros al suroeste de Puerto Montt. En él se encontraron los restos de un antiguo campamento de más de 12 mil 500 años de antigüedad, todos muy bien preservados gracias a una capa de turba que cubría el sitio, aislando el material del oxígeno y, por lo tanto, de la destrucción."
Monte Verde, Chile
"Taken as a whole, the Monte Verde site gives us a picture of life in the Americas heretofore unexpected, as well as forcing a reconsideration of the theories and interpretations concerning the first occupation (and occupants) of the Americas."
"Taken as a whole, the Monte Verde site gives us a picture of life in the Americas heretofore unexpected, as well as forcing a reconsideration of the theories and interpretations concerning the first occupation (and occupants) of the Americas."
Monteverde y el hombre americano
"Monte Verde es un sitio arqueológico ubicado cerca de la ciudad de Puerto Montt (a unos 800 kilómetros al sur de Santiago, Chile). Allí se descubrió un asentamiento humano con una edad radiocarbónica de 12.500 años."
"Monte Verde es un sitio arqueológico ubicado cerca de la ciudad de Puerto Montt (a unos 800 kilómetros al sur de Santiago, Chile). Allí se descubrió un asentamiento humano con una edad radiocarbónica de 12.500 años."
MSNBC - Science fills in an archaeological gap
"Study of Chile’s Atacama Desert ties together environment and history - The central Andes is home to dramatic mountains, sparse lakes and dry deserts -- as well as human settlements that apparently rose and fell as the region's climate changed over the course of millennia."
"Study of Chile’s Atacama Desert ties together environment and history - The central Andes is home to dramatic mountains, sparse lakes and dry deserts -- as well as human settlements that apparently rose and fell as the region's climate changed over the course of millennia."
NOVA Online | Secrets of Easter Island
"This is the story of a team of archaeologists and a 75-person crew who sought to unravel a central mystery of Easter Island: how hundreds of giant stone statues that dominate the island's coast were moved and erected."
"This is the story of a team of archaeologists and a 75-person crew who sought to unravel a central mystery of Easter Island: how hundreds of giant stone statues that dominate the island's coast were moved and erected."
The Geoglyphic Art of Chile’s Atacama Desert
"More than 5,000 geoglyphs—prehistoric works of art placed on or worked into the landscape—have been recorded in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile over the past thirty years."
"More than 5,000 geoglyphs—prehistoric works of art placed on or worked into the landscape—have been recorded in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile over the past thirty years."