The prehistoric archaeology of South America is fascinating and constantly developing.Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr. Tom Dillehay to discuss how early humans navigated their migration from North to South America, adapting to diverse environments and leaving a rich archaeological record that challenges long-standing theories, including human footprints dating back 10,000 years.Presented by Tristan Hughes. The producer and audio editor is Joseph Knight, the senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.All music from Epidemic Sounds.The Ancients is a History Hit podcast.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. You can take part in our listener survey here.
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It's the Ancients on History Hit. I'm Tristan Hughes, your host, and today we're heading to prehistoric South America. A few months back, I received an email from an avid Ancients listener called Franco. Now Franco, he suggested that we start looking into the archaeology of South America, which is often overlooked compared to other areas of the world.
And we thought that that was a brilliant idea. And so today, we're bringing some of this fascinating archaeology into the spotlight. And we're going back more than 10,000 years. Now you might remember that we recently released an episode all about Ice Age North America and the story of the first people to reach this continent more than 10,000 years ago.
That episode with Dr. David Meltzer proved incredibly popular and do check it out if you haven't listened to it already after this one. But it also felt like it was only half of the story. We've done the first people in North America. But what has the archaeology revealed about the first people in South America? How long did it take for humans to go from north to south?
Well, joining me to talk through what we know is a man who has been at the forefront of this research for the past 40 years, Dr. Tom Dillehay from Vanderbilt University. Tom has worked and written papers about several key archaeological sites along the Pacific coast of South America, in particular, the extraordinary site of Monteverde in Chile.
The incredible array of discoveries made there have completely revised what people thought about when the first humans settled in South America, who they were and how they lived. Tom explains all and much more as we delve into the story of the first South Americans. Tom, it is wonderful to have you on the podcast today.
Well, thank you. I appreciate being here.
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