Artifacts dated to 14,000 ybp have been …
Years: 7821BCE - 7678BCE
Artifacts dated to 14,000 ybp have been found in both North and South America, and humans are thought to have reached Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America by this time.
There is no direct evidence of settlement in Patagonia during this period, though human habitation of the region dates back thousands of years, with some early archaeological findings in the area dated to at least the thirteenth millennium BCE, although later dates of around the tenth millennium BCE are more securely recognized.
There is evidence of human activity at Monte Verde in Llanquihue Province, Chile, dated to around 12,500 BCE.
The glacial period ice fields and subsequent large meltwater streams would have made settlement difficult at that time.
The region seems to have been inhabited continuously since 10,000 BCE by various cultures and alternating waves of migration, the details of which are still poorly understood.
Several sites have been excavated, notably caves such as Tres Arroyos on Tierra del Fuego and …
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Years: 7821BCE - 7678BCE
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