¿Dónde están los restos óseos humanos del Periodo Pleistoceno Tardío? Problemas y perspectivas en la búsqueda de los primeros americanos

Abstract

Where are the Late Pleistocene Human Remains? Problems and Perspectives in the Search for the First Americans

Very few, if any, reliable human skeletal remains have been recovered for the late Pleistocene period (before 10.000 B. P.) in South America. They all have problems of context, association, and/or radiocarbon dating. The same is true for the early human record in North America. This dilemma is discussed in terms of 1) archaeological visibility and sampling, 2) other biases affecting the record, 3) mortuary patterns of early hunter-gatherers groups that elude archaeological discovery, and 4) possible solutions to resolve the problem.