The early prehistory of South America is poorly known by the 
English speaking world. This edited volume, translated from 
Spanish, contains twenty-one short papers documenting some of 
the most important recently investigated early archaeological 
sites from South America.

    These papers report Paleoamerican complexes and excavations 
of sites older than eleven thousand radiocarbon years before 
present, as well as cover issues in geoarchaeology, geochronology,
Pleistocene extinction, and paleoecology. Numerous graphics are
used to illustrate site locations, excavations, and artifacts.

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LAURA MIOTTI is a professor in the Department of Archaeology
and CONICET researcher on the Faculty of Natural Sciences, 
University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina. MONICA SALEMME is 
associated with the Quaternay Lab, USHUAIA, Terra del Fuego, 
Argentina. NORA FLEGENHEIMER is an assistant researcher of 
CONICET at the Archaeological and Anthropological Museum of 
Neocochea, Argentina.