In 1997, a blue-ribbon commission of Paleoindian specialists visited the Monte Verde site in Chile and declared it a valid pre-Clovis archaeological site.
Sources
- Monte Verde Under Fire - Archaeology Magazine Archive (archive.archaeology.org)
- https://www.science.org/content/article/debate-explodes-over-age-key-south-american-archaeological-site (science.org)
- https://www.archaeologychannel.org/video-guide/video-interviews/2353-monte-verde-site-interview (archaeologychannel.org)
- https://ehrafarchaeology.yale.edu/traditions/w130/documents/095 (ehrafarchaeology.yale.edu)
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