Tom D. Dillehay

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Tom D. Dillehay is an American archaeologist best known for his pioneering research on early human settlement in the Americas, particularly through his work at the Monte Verde site in Chile.

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instanceOf anthropologist
archaeologist
person
areaOfActivity Andes NERFINISHED
Latin America NERFINISHED
Southern Cone of South America NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt University of Kentucky NERFINISHED
University of Texas at Austin
fieldOfWork Paleoindian archaeology
South American archaeology
anthropology
archaeology
early human settlement of the Americas
gender male
hasAcademicEmployer Catholic University of Peru NERFINISHED
University of Kentucky NERFINISHED
Vanderbilt University NERFINISHED
hasPublicationType edited volume
journal article
scholarly monograph
hasReceived professional recognition for Monte Verde research
influenced acceptance of pre-Clovis archaeological sites
debates on the timing of human arrival in the Americas
knownFor challenging the Clovis-first model of American colonization
demonstrating pre-Clovis human occupation at Monte Verde
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainWork Monte Verde: A Late Pleistocene Settlement in Chile NERFINISHED
Monuments, Empires, and Resistance: The Araucanian Polity and Ritual Narratives NERFINISHED
The Settlement of the Americas: A New Prehistory NERFINISHED
nationality American
notableFor excavations at Monte Verde, Chile
research on early human settlement in the Americas
notableWorkSite Monte Verde archaeological site GENERATED
sites in the Andean region GENERATED
occupation researcher
university professor
positionHeld professor of anthropology
professor of archaeology
researchInterest Pleistocene archaeology
archaeological method and theory
hunter-gatherer societies
indigenous peoples of South America
workLocation Chile NERFINISHED
Peru NERFINISHED
United States of America

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Monte Verde site excavatedBy Tom D. Dillehay
subject surface form: Monte Verde
Monte Verde site researchLedBy Tom D. Dillehay
subject surface form: Monte Verde