Caverna da Pedra Pintada | |
|---|---|
 Location of State of Pará in Brazil (blue area indicates water) | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| State | Pará State |
| Mesoregion | Baixo Amazonas Mesoregion |
| Microregion | Santarém Microregion |
Caverna da Pedra Pintada (Painted Rock Cave (in Portuguese)), is an archaeological site in northern Brazil, with evidence of human presence dating ca. 11,200 years ago.[1][2]
This find has challenged previous thinking about patterns of human settlement in South America. Anna C. Roosevelt, an American archaeologist and primary researcher here since 1990, believes that findings from the cave show there were Paleoindians this far south and with an independent culture that existed at the same time as other early Native Americans were active on the Great Plains of North America. Formerly researchers believed that Amazonian settlements arose later than those in the Andes, and were developed by migrants from the highlands.[2]
- ^ Saraceni, Jessica E. and Adriana Franco da Sá. "People of South America." Archaeology. Vol. 49, No. 4, July/August 1996. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
- ^ a b Wilford, John Noble. "Scientist at Work: Anna C. Roosevelt: Sharp and To the Point In Amazonia", New York Times. 23 April 1996, Retrieved 9 April 2012.