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Science 22 October 1999:
Vol. 286. no. 5440, pp. 657 - 659
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5440.657
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ARCHAEOLOGY:
New Questions About Ancient American Site

Heather Pringle

With a belligerence rarely seen in scientific spats, American researcher Stuart Fiedel has landed the first punch in a new battle over the authenticity of what may be the oldest archaeological site in the Americas: southern Chile's Monte Verde. In the November/December issue of the popular magazine Scientific American Discovering Archaeology, Fiedel contends that the final report on Monte Verde is riddled with errors and omissions that make evaluation of the evidence all but impossible. The original authors counter that the errors are simply ones of bookkeeping, but it seems clear that clouds have gathered over Monte Verde once again.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)