Radiocarbon dates from Monte Verde, Chile, averaged approximately 12,500 radiocarbon years before present, about 1,000 years earlier than the Clovis culture.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent archaeological sources including peer-reviewed and academic publications; Monte Verde is widely accepted in archaeology as pre-Clovis evidence. [tier=silver indep_score=0.938 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Monte Verde Under Fire - Archaeology Magazine Archive (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna3077301 (corroboration)
- https://journals.calstate.edu/esjoa/article/view/2860 (corroboration)
- http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Chumash/MonteVerde.html (corroboration)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241524991_Geological_perspectives_on_the_Monte_Verde_archeological_site_in_Chile_and_pre-Clovis_coastal_migration_in_the_Americas (corroboration)