Pilauco Bajo
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Location | Southern Chile |
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Coordinates | 40°34′12″S 73°06′14″W / 40.57000°S 73.10389°W |
Type | open-air |
History | |
Associated with | [First American Settlers] |
Events | Younger Dryas impact (claimed)[1] |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 2007–present |
Archaeologists | Mario Pino Quivira (leader) and others |
Ownership | Bienes Nacionales de Chile |
Management | Austral University of Chile and Ilustre Municipalidad de Osorno |
Public access | Partial |
Pilauco is a paleontological and archaeological site located in the city of Osorno in Southern Chile.[2] The site contains both human made
The site was claimed to contain evidence for the disputed Younger Dryas impact hypothesis.[3][1]
Most of the stone artifacts found in Pilauco are made of volcanic rock such as dacite, rhyodacite and rhyolite from the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex immediately east in the Andes. Yet these rocks were imported by humans to the site as nearby rivers have not transported it.[4]
Paleontology
In a 2007-2008 paleontological investigation 648 complete and fractured bones, 37 teeth, 11 coprolites, 348 wood pieces, 126 seeds, 28 skin and hair fragments were found. Further, 71 sediment samples were collected for analysis.[5]
See also
- List of archaeological sites in Chile
- Monte Verde
- Settlement of the Americas
References
- ^ PMID 30867437.
- ^ a b c Navarro-Harris, X., Pino, M.; Guzmán-Marín, P. Lira, M. P. Labarca, R., Corgne, A. (2019). The procurement and use of knappable glassy volcanic raw material, Upper Pleistocene Pilauco site, Chilean Northwestern Patagonia. Geoarchaeology 1–21, DOI: 10.1002/gea.21736
- S2CID 18644154.
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- ^ "Identifican presencia humana en sitio de Pilauco Bajo". universia.cl. Universia. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
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