Quebrada Maní is an important archaeological site discovered in 2011. It is the first evidence of a late Pleistocene human settlement in the Atacama Desert. The site is located at 1240 masl in the Pampa del Tamarugal sector of the Tarapacá Region, Pozo Almonte. The remains have been dated between 12 800 and 11 700 years before the present, contravening the majority Theory of the late American settlement that dates the arrival of the man to the new world 12,500 years ago, with Clovis culture. This site would favor the postulation of the theory of the early poblamiento of South America, that has its most solid test in the deposit of Monte Verde in the Region of Los Lagos, Chile. Description Cracked Peanut Settlement Location of Quebrada Maní on the map of Chile.
The deposits mainly exhibit flakes, bifacial size debris and bifaces in different stages of manufacture. Between the latter they emphasize several projectile points characteristic of the Early Archaic. In addition, some fragments of grinding artifacts are recorded on local raw materials, characterized by a relatively concave surface and polished edges. Associated with some events of size, it emphasizes the presence of tiny pieces of bone of greater fauna.
Late Pleistocene human occupation of the hyperarid core in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile. Claudio Latorre, Calogero M. Santoro, Paula C. Ugalde, Eugenia M. Gayo, Daniela Osorio, Carolina Salas-Egaña, Ricardo De Pol-Holz, Delphine Joly, Jason A. Rech. Quaternary Science Reviews 77: 19-30. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379113002205
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