Monte Verde, Chile
13,000 y.a. or 33,000 y.a.

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A Paleo-Indian site that was covered by water 13,000 y.a.  Fortuitously a peat-bog formed protected the site and its artifacts, including wooden artifacts.  Even a child's footprint was uncovered:

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Tools recovered include:

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The village perhaps looked something like this:

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some Paleo-Indian (up to circa 7000BC) tools