A Brief Sketch of the Monte Hermoso Human Footprint Site, South Coast of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Abstract

Tracksites representing early human occupation are rare in South America. However, they have been reported in association with mammal and bird tracks from two coastal sites in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Both sites are reported in separate papers in this volume. In this paper a brief summary of the better known site is given on the basis of published information and the author's observations.

Keywords:

• Human tracks
• Holocene
• Buenos Aires province

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Martin Lockley, University of Colorado at Denver, and Spencer Lucas, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, for their reviews and suggestions. Thanks also to Reiji Kukihara for his help with Figures 1 and 4.