Dr. Tom Dillehay

Were they cremating the remains and placing them somewhere else? Were they committing some form of cannibalism, then getting rid of the remains? We do not understand the mortuary patterns of the first Americans. And that creates a problem for the genetic studies. Because the genetic analyses are going to come from mainly those human skeletons.

Were they cremating the remains and placing them somewhere else? Were they committing some form of cannibalism, then getting rid of the remains? We do not understand the mortuary patterns of the first Americans. And that creates a problem for the genetic studies. Because the genetic analyses are going to come from mainly those human skeletons.

And it's completely different from the old world where you are, Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe. They have found numerous human skeletons of different time periods, as you well know, not in the Americas.

And it's completely different from the old world where you are, Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe. They have found numerous human skeletons of different time periods, as you well know, not in the Americas.

And it's completely different from the old world where you are, Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe. They have found numerous human skeletons of different time periods, as you well know, not in the Americas.

The one thing that always comes to mind with these early sites, stone tools. So we've got lancelet points, projectile points, spear points, as you might want to call them. We've got stone scrapers, cutting tools, grinding stones for crushing plants, and a wide array of adzes and perforators with stones. And then in the wood area, we have what appear to be digging sticks.

The one thing that always comes to mind with these early sites, stone tools. So we've got lancelet points, projectile points, spear points, as you might want to call them. We've got stone scrapers, cutting tools, grinding stones for crushing plants, and a wide array of adzes and perforators with stones. And then in the wood area, we have what appear to be digging sticks.

The one thing that always comes to mind with these early sites, stone tools. So we've got lancelet points, projectile points, spear points, as you might want to call them. We've got stone scrapers, cutting tools, grinding stones for crushing plants, and a wide array of adzes and perforators with stones. And then in the wood area, we have what appear to be digging sticks.

We found remains of wild potatoes at Monte Verde. So what people use today are cow ribs or wooden sticks to dig the potatoes out. We found starch grains of potatoes on the edges of some of these wooden sticks. There's also, we found the remains of two wooden lances that had been broken and placed on top of fire pits. Seems to be some kind of decommissioning of the site or ritual. I don't know.

We found remains of wild potatoes at Monte Verde. So what people use today are cow ribs or wooden sticks to dig the potatoes out. We found starch grains of potatoes on the edges of some of these wooden sticks. There's also, we found the remains of two wooden lances that had been broken and placed on top of fire pits. Seems to be some kind of decommissioning of the site or ritual. I don't know.

We found remains of wild potatoes at Monte Verde. So what people use today are cow ribs or wooden sticks to dig the potatoes out. We found starch grains of potatoes on the edges of some of these wooden sticks. There's also, we found the remains of two wooden lances that had been broken and placed on top of fire pits. Seems to be some kind of decommissioning of the site or ritual. I don't know.

The points of them were sharpened and burned to harden them. So there's a wide array of wooden tools and a few bone tools as well. Some probably used as digging sticks, quote, unquote. And others kind of looked like adzes. They were breaking off the bones themselves. of the tusk of the mastodons and using those as well.

The points of them were sharpened and burned to harden them. So there's a wide array of wooden tools and a few bone tools as well. Some probably used as digging sticks, quote, unquote. And others kind of looked like adzes. They were breaking off the bones themselves. of the tusk of the mastodons and using those as well.

The points of them were sharpened and burned to harden them. So there's a wide array of wooden tools and a few bone tools as well. Some probably used as digging sticks, quote, unquote. And others kind of looked like adzes. They were breaking off the bones themselves. of the tusk of the mastodons and using those as well.

And then a couple of the molars, large molars of the mastodons seem to have been used as choppers for chopping material too. They've been crushed in a very different way than we would expect. So there's a wide array of organic and inorganic tools at the site, including the wood that was used to construct these two structures I was talking about, the tents. and also the wooden stakes as well.

And then a couple of the molars, large molars of the mastodons seem to have been used as choppers for chopping material too. They've been crushed in a very different way than we would expect. So there's a wide array of organic and inorganic tools at the site, including the wood that was used to construct these two structures I was talking about, the tents. and also the wooden stakes as well.

And then a couple of the molars, large molars of the mastodons seem to have been used as choppers for chopping material too. They've been crushed in a very different way than we would expect. So there's a wide array of organic and inorganic tools at the site, including the wood that was used to construct these two structures I was talking about, the tents. and also the wooden stakes as well.

So it's quite a sophisticated technology.

So it's quite a sophisticated technology.

So it's quite a sophisticated technology.