Fishtail projectile point tradition and early South American lithic industries (c. 12,800–10,000 BP)

1. Monte Verde II confirms pre-Clovis settlement

   Jan 1, 12550 BCELabels: Monte Verde, Southern Chile

   • UNESCO
   • Monte Verde
   • Archaeology Mag

2. Fishtail (Fell) points emerge as widespread style

   Jan 1, 10850 BCELabels: Fishtail points, South America

   • Fishtail point
   • SCIRP Brazil

3. Fishtail points link to composite hunting toolkits

   Jan 1, 10750 BCELabels: Composite toolkit, Bifacial technology

   • Fishtail point
   • SCIRP Uruguay

4. Clovis-first model loses ground in America debates

   Jan 1, 10000 BCELabels: Clovis-first debate

   • Monte Verde
   • Monte Verde

5. Climate transition frames toolmaking and mobility choices

   Jan 1, 9701 BCELabels: Holocene transition

   • Britannica
   • Holocene
   • Younger Dryas

6. Central Chile documents Paleoindian big-game activity

   Jan 1, 9430 BCELabels: Laguna de, Central Chile

   • Science 1968

7. Patagonian sites build a regional radiocarbon record

   Jan 1, 9350 BCELabels: Patagonia sites

   • Paleoindian PDF
   • Cueva Fell

8. Fell’s Cave becomes type site for tradition

   Jan 1, 9050 BCELabels: Cueva Fell, Type site

   • Cueva Fell
   • Paleoindian PDF

9. Cueva Fell shows hunting with extinct fauna

   Jan 1, 9050 BCELabels: Cueva Fell, Extinct fauna

   • Cueva Fell
   • Fishtail point

10. Fishtail points documented across broad South American regions

    Jan 1, 9000 BCELabels: Continental distribution

    • SCIRP Brazil
    • Fishtail point

11. Fishtail tradition fades as regional lithic industries diversify

    Jan 1, 8050 BCELabels: Regional diversification

    • Fishtail point
    • ScienceDirect

12. Weapon-system changes track end of Fishtail dominance

    Jan 1, 7550 BCELabels: Weapon systems, Argentina

    • ScienceDirect