We are seeking highly motivated graduate students to join the team. Contact Dr. Kurt Rademaker at rademaker@tamu.edu
New paper out in Quaternary Science Reviews led by Daniela Osorio: Dwelling in the Andean sky: Lithic technology at Cuncaicha rockshelter during the Terminal Pleistocene. Available here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.110313
New book chapter by Kurt Rademaker, "Clocking the Terminal Pleistocene peopling of the Andes" in the volume Paleoamerican Odyssey: 100 Years Beyond Folsom through Texas A&M University Press. Available here: https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781648434372/paleoamerican-odyssey-100-years-beyond-folsom/
The team presented a lecture and six posters at the Paleoamerican Odyssey meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 14-17. Lead authors included Kurt Rademaker, Brunella Muttillo, Jo Osborn, Tori Schwarz, Emily Milton, Sarah Noe, and Sarah Meinekat.
Kurt Rademaker interview on the Seven Ages podcast:
https://sevenages.org/podcasts/paleoindian-peru-with-kurt-rademaker-saaj-90/
When and by which routes did Paleoindians enter the Americas, and how did they adapt to inhabit different ecological zones?
Our group seeks to understand the timing, routes, and environmental setting of the earliest human dispersals in western South America.
We integrate archaeology, physical anthropology, genetics, and Quaternary science to study prehistoric settlement systems - linked archaeological sites situated in multiple ecological zones from the Pacific coast to the high Andes.
This work provides information about the long-term history and co-evolution of humans and ecological systems, and the formation of landscapes.
