Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino

Cultures > South > Paleo-Indian Hunters of South Central Chile

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The inhabitants of Monte Verde built 12 aligned semi-circular and rectangular tent-like enclosures that would have been framed with logs and may have had floor and roof coverings of animal skins. Close to these tents were large collective hearths that were probably used for cooking the meat they obtained from hunting. They were highly mobile groups that ranged widely around their territory and in its mountainous zones may have used natural rock shelters.