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Monte Verde

Pre-Clovis settlement in southern Chile whose waterlogged bog preserved wood, textiles and food remains — evidence humans reached the tip of South America ~14,500 years ago, earlier than the old 'Clovis first' model allowed.

Dated events and their evidence

• 12,500 BCE mainstream
  Monte Verde II — radiocarbon-dated occupation layer, broadly accepted as pre-Clovis source
• 16,500 BCE disputed
  Monte Verde I — proposed deeper occupation layer source

Where

41.5047° S, 73.2044° W

Sources

• https://doi.org/10.1038/332150a0
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Verde

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