Valsequillo

archaeological site, Mexico

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The Valsequillo region in Mexico is an archaeological site that has yielded evidence of early human occupation. Excavations in this area have uncovered cultural remains, including stone tools, associated with the hunting of extinct animals like mammoths. Some findings suggest human presence as early as 21,800 BCE. This places Valsequillo among the sites providing some of the earliest potential evidence for humans in Mesoamerica. The environment during this period was cooler and wetter, supporting large grazing mammals, and was characterized by significant volcanic activity.12

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pre-Columbian civilizations
Early hunters (to 6500 bce)
…Puebla, Mexico, excavations in the Valsequillo region revealed cultural remains of human groups that were hunting mammoth and other extinct animals, along with unifacially worked points, scrapers, perforators, burins, and knives. A date of about 21,800 bce has been suggested for the Valsequillo finds.
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…Puebla, Mexico, excavations in the Valsequillo region revealed cultural remains of human groups that were hunting mammoth and other extinct animals, along with unifacially worked points, scrapers, perforators, burins, and knives. A date of about 21,800 bce has been suggested for the Valsequillo finds.
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