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Science 10 November 1967:
Vol. 158. no. 3802, pp. 780 - 783
DOI: 10.1126/science.158.3802.780
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Quishqui Puncu: A Preceramic Site in Highland Peru

Thomas F. Lynch 1

1 Department of Anthropology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850

The complete campsite industry from this early site includes crude chopping tools, microblades, and numerous scraper and projectile point types. A square-based variant of the Ayampitín point is distinctive of the earliest occupation, but the incidence and distribution of other types indicate that seasonal use persisted into agricultural and ceramic periods.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Early Human Cultural and Skeletal Remains from Guitarrero Cave, Northern Peru.
T. F. Lynch, T. F. Lynch, and K. A. R. Kennedy (1970)
Science 169, 1307-1309
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