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September 5, 2025

The Early Paleoindian Record From August Pine Ridge: A New Site With Implications for Pleistocene Settling-in in Central America

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JLJon C. LohseMMMike McBrideSPSébastien Perrot-Minnot

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Overview

Excavations reveal 10,000-year human occupation at August Pine Ridge, suggesting influences from early paleoindian cultures.

Key Points

  • August Pine Ridge shows significant evidence of early paleoindian settlement, enhancing understanding of human history.
  • Excavations uncovered temporally diagnostic artifacts, including fluted bifaces spanning 13,000 to 12,200 years ago.
  • The research methodology involved documenting informal collections and excavating to analyze archaeological contexts.
  • These findings may reshape our understanding of early settlement patterns across central America and beyond.

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Lohse et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68bb421a2b87ece8dc958746https://doi.org/10.62064/rrba.19.26
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