ABOUT THE PROJECT
South America was the last habitable continent to be colonised by humans: the last journey.
How did the early settlers adapt to this terra incognita and how did they shape the continent’s rich cultural and environmental diversity?
ACTIVITIES
Methods and discipline about Archaeology, Archaeobotany, Paleoclimate.
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In search of Amazon’s ancient hunters
The European Research Council has featured the Last Journey project on their website in an article titled In search of Amazon's ancient hunters -...
Analysing handprints – Dr Barbara Oosterwijk
The main objective of my work as a rock art specialist within the LastJourney project is to map the different rock art typologies present at Cerro...
Archaeological research offers insight into the cave life of early human settlements in the Amazon
Some of the earliest people to migrate to South America during the late Pleistocene era turned shallow caves in the Amazon into homes and safe...
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