TY - JOUR
T1 - The earliest human occupations in Bolivia
T2 - A review of the archaeological evidence
AU - Capriles, José M.
AU - Albarracin-Jordan, Juan
N1 - Funding Information:
Our research in Iroco and Cueva Bautista received funding from the National Geographic Society , the National Science Foundation , the Bartolomé de Las Casas Foundation , Monopol , Factumx Ingeniería , and Washington University in St. Louis . The radiocarbon dates from Markanasa, Pumiri, Iroco, and Cueva Bautista were supported by discount fees from the NSF-University of Arizona AMS-Facility. We would like to thank Gustavo Politis, Luciano Prates, Lucas Bueno, and James Steele for inviting us to participate in the South American Radiocarbon Database Project and for their useful recommendations on the paper. We would also like to express our gratitude to Dave Browman, Alejandra Domic, Blaine Maley, Fiona Marshall, and two anonymous reviewers for providing many helpful comments and suggestions on an earlier version of this paper.
PY - 2013/7/8
Y1 - 2013/7/8
N2 - This paper reviews archaeological research of Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene sites in Bolivia. Given that few projects have explicitly dealt with issues related to early human peopling of the country, an attempt is made to provide a comprehensive overview of known available data, focusing on radiocarbon dated sites. Recent research in different regions of the country is not only improving understanding of the variability of early human settlements, but also providing new perspectives in relation to human adaptation and climate change. Furthermore, ongoing research in Iroco and Cueva Bautista, in the highland region of the country, shows that human colonization of high-altitude ecosystems (>3800 m asl) occurred, at least, by 13,000 cal BP.
AB - This paper reviews archaeological research of Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene sites in Bolivia. Given that few projects have explicitly dealt with issues related to early human peopling of the country, an attempt is made to provide a comprehensive overview of known available data, focusing on radiocarbon dated sites. Recent research in different regions of the country is not only improving understanding of the variability of early human settlements, but also providing new perspectives in relation to human adaptation and climate change. Furthermore, ongoing research in Iroco and Cueva Bautista, in the highland region of the country, shows that human colonization of high-altitude ecosystems (>3800 m asl) occurred, at least, by 13,000 cal BP.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.06.012
DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.06.012
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84879299909
SN - 1040-6182
VL - 301
SP - 46
EP - 59
JO - Quaternary International
JF - Quaternary International
ER -