The Chiquihuite Cave, a Real Novelty? Observations about the Still-ignored South American Prehistory

Boëda, Éric; Gruhn, Ruth; Vialou, Águeda Vilhena; Aschero, Carlos; Vialou, Denis; Pino, Mario; Gluchy, María; Pérez, Antonio; Ramos, Marcos Paulo

doi:10.1080/20555563.2020.1851500

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“…These sites include the most robust and coherent evidence sustaining an early human population (prior to the Late Glacial Maximum) of the South American continent, and constitute an important supporting evidence for other less well-known Pleistocene sites distributed along South America (e.g. Arribas et al, 2001;Boëda et al, 2014aBoëda et al, , 2021aDillehay, 2000;Dillehay et al, 2015Dillehay et al, , 2019Fariña and Castilla, 2007;Fariña et al, 2014;Guidon, 2008;Navarro-Harris et al, 2019). Among the most representative sites are "Pedra Furada," "Sitio do Meio," "Vale da Pedra Furada," and "Santa Elina."…”

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confidence: 67%

“…Borrero (1995Borrero ( , 2015Borrero ( , 2016 noted no important changes in the technological characteristics of these occupations for more than 50,000 years, an unusual feature for any human group. Boëda et al (2021a), argued that there existed some chronostratigraphic changes at Vale da Pedra Furada. However, these changes where not adequately reported and based on unquantified estimations, which makes not able to evaluate at the moment.…”

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“…As indicated above, Pleistocene archeological sites from Piauí area, at Brazil are among the most debated pieces of evidence concerning the early peopling of the Americas (Boëda et al, 2013(Boëda et al, , 2021a(Boëda et al, , 2021b(Boëda et al, , 2022Lourdeau, 2019;Parenti et al, 2018). Among the most representative sites are Pedra Furada (see Parenti, 2001), Sitio do Meio (Aimola et al, 2014;Boëda et al, 2016), Vale da Pedra Furada (Boëda et al, 2014a(Boëda et al, , 2021b, and Toca da Tira Peia (Lahaye et al, 2013).…”

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“…He considered this together with the possibility that these stone tools were geofacts produced by the actions of gravity and waterfalls or that were made by a conservative Homo sapiens population. Parenti et al (2018); see also Boëda et al, 2021aBoëda et al, , 2021bBoëda et al, , 2022, criticized Fiedel suggestion and proposed that "Pedra Furada" materials are mostly of human origin. More recent contributions also sustain this view (Boëda et al, 2021a(Boëda et al, , 2021b(Boëda et al, , 2022Gruhn, 2018;Lourdeau, 2019).…”

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“…Parenti et al (2018); see also Boëda et al, 2021aBoëda et al, , 2021bBoëda et al, , 2022, criticized Fiedel suggestion and proposed that "Pedra Furada" materials are mostly of human origin. More recent contributions also sustain this view (Boëda et al, 2021a(Boëda et al, , 2021b(Boëda et al, , 2022Gruhn, 2018;Lourdeau, 2019).…”

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Holocene capuchin-monkey stone tool deposits shed doubts on the human origin of archeological sites from the Pleistocene of Brazil

Agnolin

Agnolín

2022

The Holocene

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New World capuchin monkeys are well-known by their ability to solve problems using stone tools that have the characteristics and morphology of some human-made stone tools. The aim of the present contribution is to carry out brief comparisons between the Pleistocene archeological sites from Brazil (e.g. Pedra Furada, Sitio do Meio, Vale da Pedra Furada, Toca da Tira Peia) and capuchin-made stone tool deposits. Pleistocene sites from Brazil are characterized by the exclusive use of immediately available raw material, the predominance of unifacial flaking, and abundance of cortical flakes, together with the absence of blades and bifacial thinning techniques. In all these aspects, the sites resemble capuchin-made lithic deposits and lack a number of human attributes. In sum, based on positive and negative evidence we are confident that the early archeological sites from Brazil may not be human-derived but may belong to capuchin monkeys.

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Early anthropic occupation and geomorphological changes in South America: human–environment interactions and OSL data from the Rincão I site, southeastern Brazil

Cheliz¹,

Giannini

Sousa

et al. 2023

J Quaternary Science

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This article aims to refine the description of the artefacts and the geomorphological, geological, pedological and chronological (optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) analyses of sedimentary deposits) characterisation of the Rincão I site (southeastern Brazil) to contribute to the understanding of early human–environment interactions. The archaeological site occupation took place on hillslopes truncated by the Mogi‐Guaçu River's lateral (~1200 m) and vertical (~5 m) movements during the Late Quaternary, in an area where in situ bedrock outcrops are uncommon. This geological context favoured human groups simultaneously having access to the resources provided by the alluvial plain and hillslopes. Here we describe how about three hundred lithic artefacts are associated with soils that originated from sandy colluvium with OSL ages between 20.3 and 5.5 thousand years. These ages are consistent with the local palaeopedological and geomorphological contexts of landscape changes, and partly controversial from the perspective of models currently in vogue for the human occupation of southeastern Brazil. The vestiges of past human presence amid the hillslope sandy colluvium deposits include: 1) a set of flakes and formal artefacts (one stemmed point and three convex artefacts) made of sandstone obtained from hillslopes near (<10 km) the site; and 2) predominant detritus and flakes of quartz and flint obtained mostly from the adjacent (<1.5 km) alluvial plain, linked to flaking sequences other than those of the formal artefacts. Only quartz artefacts were found in the lower levels of the site stratigraphy, whereas in the intermediate and upper levels quartz, flint and sandstone artefacts were found, suggesting that there were changes in the raw materials used for flaking over time. The formal artefacts from the site have technological attributes like the ones observed in assemblages associated with a previously known lithic industry (Rioclarense), but a different pattern of choice of raw materials. This suggests that technical standards underwent a process of adaptation to the environmental particularities surrounding the Rincão I site.

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Oldest art or symbolic expressions in North America? Pleistocene modified bones and a human remain at Sima de las Golondrinas cave, Zacatecas, Mexico

Ardelean,

Arroyo-Cabrales,

Rivera-González

et al. 2023

L'Anthropologie

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The Chiquihuite Cave, a Real Novelty? Observations about the Still-ignored South American Prehistory

Cited by 8 publications

References 18 publications

Holocene capuchin-monkey stone tool deposits shed doubts on the human origin of archeological sites from the Pleistocene of Brazil

Holocene capuchin-monkey stone tool deposits shed doubts on the human origin of archeological sites from the Pleistocene of Brazil

Early anthropic occupation and geomorphological changes in South America: human–environment interactions and OSL data from the Rincão I site, southeastern Brazil

Oldest art or symbolic expressions in North America? Pleistocene modified bones and a human remain at Sima de las Golondrinas cave, Zacatecas, Mexico

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