Appendix 1:
Radiocarbon dates from late Pleistocene and early Holocene archaeological sites of Argentina and Chile
Site Level Material dated C-14 date Lab # Reference
Agua de la Cueva 2b charcoal 9210+70
(Standard)		 Beta-64539 García et al. 1999
Agua de la Cueva 2b charcoal 9760+160
(Standard)		 Beta-61410 García et al. 1999
Agua de la Cueva 2b charcoal 9840+90 Beta-26781 García et al. 1999
Agua de la Cueva 2b charcoal 10240+60
(AMS)		 Beta-61408;
CAMS 5811		 García et al. 1999
Agua de la Cueva 2b charcoal 10350+220 Beta-26250 García et al. 1999
Agua de la Cueva 2b charcoal 10950+90
(Standard)		 Beta-61409 García et al. 1999
Arroyo Feo Great Cave11 base
(Toldense) 		charcoal 9330+80 CSIC-396 Orquera 1987
(Gradin et al. 1981)
Arroyo Feo Great Cave11
(Toldense) 		charcoal 9410+70 CSIC-514 Orquera 1987
(Alonso et al. 1986)
Arroyo Seco 2lower bone 5250+110† Beta-11251 Nami 1996 (Politis 1988)
Arroyo Seco 2lower bone 6450+60†   Nami 1996 (Politis 1988)
Arroyo Seco 2lower bone 7000+80 TO-1503 Nami 1996 (Politis 1988)
Arroyo Seco 2lower bone (Megatherium americanum) 7320+50
(AMS) 		TO-1506 Nami 1996 (Politis 1988)
Arroyo Seco 2lower bone (Megatherium americanum) 8390+240 LP-53 Nami 1996 (Politis 1988); Politis et al. 1987
Arroyo Seco 2lower bone (human bone) 8560+320 LP-55 Nami 1996 (Politis 1988); Politis et al. 1987
Arroyo Seco 2lower bone (Equus (Amerhippus) neogeus) 8890+90
(AMS) 		TO-1504 Nami 1996 (Politis 1988)
Arroyo Seco 2lower bone 8980+100 TO-1505 Nami 1996 (Politis 1988)
Arroyo Seco 2  bone (Glossotherium robustum) 10500+90
(AMS) 		AA-9049 Borrero et al. 1998 (Politis et al. 1995)
Arroyo Seco 2  bone (Equus (Amerhippus) neogeus) 11250+105
(AMS) 		AA-7964 Borrero et al. 1998 (Politis et al. 1995)
Arroyo Seco 2  bone (Toxodon platensis) 11590+90
(AMS) 		AA-7965 Borrero et al. 1998 (Politis et al. 1995)
Cerro El Sombrero A1    8060+140 AA-5221 Flegenheimer and Zárate 1997
Cerro El Sombrero A1    10270+85 AA-4766 Flegenheimer and Zárate 1997
Cerro El Sombrero A1    10480+70 AA-5220 Flegenheimer and Zárate 1997
Cerro El Sombrero A1    10675+110 AA-4767 Flegenheimer and Zárate 1997
Cerro El Sombrero A1    10725+90 AA-4765 Flegenheimer and Zárate 1997
Cerro La China 1     10525+75 AA-8954 Flegenheimer and Zárate 1997
Cerro La China 1     10745+75 AA-8952 Flegenheimer and Zárate 1997
Cerro La China 1     10804+75 AA-8953 Flegenheimer and Zárate 1997
Cerro La China 1 Fell 1 (L2) charcoal 10730+150 I-12741 Flegenheimer 1987
Cerro La China 1 Fell 1 charcoal 10790+120
(AMS) 		AA-1327 Flegenheimer 1987
Cerro La China 2     10560+75 AA-8956 Flegenheimer and Zárate 1997
Cerro La China 2     11150+135 AA-8955 Flegenheimer and Zárate 1997
Cerro La China 3 Fell 1 (Unit B) charcoal 10610+180 AA-1328 Nami 1996 (Flegenheimer 1987)
Cueva del Medio Fell 1 charcoal 9595+115
(Standard) 		PITT-0244 Nami 1987
Cueva del Medio Fell 1 bone 9770+70
(Standard) 		Beta-40281 Nami 1996 (Nami 1987)
Cueva del Medio Fell 1 charcoal 10310+70
(Standard) 		Gr-N 14913 Nami 1996 (Nami and Menegaz 1991)
Cueva del Medio Fell 1 burned bone 10350+130‡
(Standard) 		Beta-58105 Borrero et al. 1998 (Nami and Nakamura 1995)
Cueva del Medio Fell 1 charcoal 10430+80
(Standard) 		Beta-52522 Nami 1996 (Nami 1992)
Cueva del Medio Fell 1 bone (Lama cf. owenii) 10430+100‡
(AMS) 		NUTA-1734 Borrero et al. 1998 (Nami and Nakamura 1995)
Cueva del Medio Fell 3 bone (Lama guanicoe) 10450+100
(AMS) 		NUTA-1735 Borrero et al. 1998 (Nami and Nakamura 1995)
Cueva del Medio Fell 1 burned bone 10550+120‡
(Standard) 		Gr-N 14911 Nami 1987
Cueva del Medio Fell 1 bone (Hippidion saldiasi) 10710+100
(AMS)		 NUTA-1811 Borrero et al. 1998 (Nami and Nakamura 1995)
Cueva del Medio Fell 3 bone (Lama guanicoe) 10710+190
(AMS)		 NUTA-2332 Borrero et al. 1998 (Nami and Nakamura 1995)
Cueva del Medio Fell 3 bone (Lama guanicoe) 10850+130
(AMS)		 NUTA-1812 Borrero et al. 1998 (Nami and Nakamura 1995)
Cueva del Medio Fell 1 bone (Hippidion saldiasi) 10860+160‡
(AMS) 		Borrero et al. 1998 (Nami and Nakamura 1995)
Cueva del Medio Fell 1 bone (Lama cf. owenii) 10960+150
(AMS)		 NUTA-2330 Borrero et al. 1998 (Nami and Nakamura 1995)
Cueva del Medio Fell 1 charcoal 10930+230
(Standard) 		Beta-39081 Nami 1996 (Nami and Menegaz 1991)
Cueva del Medio Fell 1 bone (Lama cf. owenii) 11120+130
(AMS) 		NUTA-1737 Borrero et al. 1998 (Nami and Nakamura 1995)
Cueva del Medio Fell 1 bone (Lama cf. owenii) 11040+250‡
(AMS)		 NUTA-2197 Borrero et al. 1998 (Nami and Nakamura 1995)
Cueva del Medio Fell 1 burned bone 12290+180‡
(Standard) 		PITT-0343 Nami 1987
Cueva del Medio not cultural bone (Mylodon) 12720+300
(AMS)		 NUTA-2341 Borrero et al. 1998 (Nami and Nakamura 1995)
Cueva Epullán Grande lower charcoal 9970+100 LP-213 Nami 1996 (S. de Bórmida 1992)
Cueva Tixi late Pleistocene charcoal? 10045+95 AA-12131 Mazzanti 1996
Cueva Tixi late Pleistocene charcoal? 10375+90 AA-12130 Mazzanti 1996
Cuevo de las Manos 6 base (Toldense) charcoal 9300+90 CSIC-385 Orquera 1987 (Aguerre 1978)
Cuevo de las Manos 6 middle (Toldense) charcoal-wood 9320+90 CSIC-138 Orquera 1987 (Gradin et al. 1976)
Cuevo Lago Sofía Fell 1 charcoal 11570+60 PITT-0684 Nami 1996 (Prieto 1991)
Cuevo Lago Sofía Fell 1 charcoal 12990+241 PITT-0939 Nami 1996 (Prieto 1991)
Cuyín Manzano VII charcoal 9920+85 Kn-1432 Orquera 1987 (Ceballos 1982)
El Ceibo lower charcoal 12600+600 FRA-98 Nami 1996 (Cardich 1987)
Fell's Cave end II/start III unknown 8480+135 I-5143 Nami 1987 (Bird 1983, 1988)
Fell's Cave   unknown 9100+150 I-5144 Orquera 1987 (Bird 1988)
Fell's Cave II unknown 9030+230 I-5145 Orquera 1987 (Bird 1988)
Fell's Cave I/II unknown 10080+160 I-5146 Orquera 1987 (Bird 1988)
Fell's Cave I charcoal 10720+300 W-915 Orquera 1987 (Bird 1969, 1970, 1988)
Fell's Cave I unknown 11000+170 I-3988 Orquera 1987 (Bird 1969, 1970, 1988)
Inca Cueva 4 lower charcoal 9230+70 CSIC-498 Nami 1996 (Aschero 1988)
Inca Cueva 4 lower charcoal 9650+110 LP-102 Nami 1996 (Aschero 1988)
Inca Cueva 4 lower charcoal 9900+200 AC-564 Nami 1996 (Aschero 1988)
Inca Cueva 4 lower charcoal 10620+140 LP-137 Nami 1996 (Aschero 1988)
La Moderna lower bone (Doedicurus clavicaudatus) 6550+160**
(Standard)		 Beta-7824 Nami 1996 (Politis and Beukens 1991)
La Moderna   bone (Doedicurus clavicaudatus) 7010+100
(AMS) 		TO-1507-1 Borrero et al. 1998 (Politis et al. 1995)
La Moderna   bone (Doedicurus clavicaudatus) 7460+80
(AMS) 		TO-2610 Borrero et al. 1998 (Politis et al. 1995)
La Moderna   bone (Doedicurus clavicaudatus) 7510+370
(AMS) 		TO-1507-2 Borrero et al. 1998 (Politis et al. 1995)
La Moderna lower bone (Doedicurus clavicaudatus) 12330+370
(AMS) 		TO-1507 Nami 1996 (Politis and Beukens 1991)
Los Toldos 3 top of Level 9 charcoal 8755+480 FRA-97 Cardich et al. 1987, Cardich 1978
Los Toldos 3 Level 11b charcoal 12600+600 FRA-96 or 98? Cardich et al. 1987, Cardich 1978
Marazzi rockshelter inf. charcoal 9590+210 Gif-1023 Orquera 1987 (Laming-Emperaire 1968)
Palli Aike cave Bird I   8639+450 C-485 Nami 1987 (Bird 1951)
Paso Otero 5 Pleist/ Holocene boundary bone (megamammal) 10190+120 AA-19291 Martinez 1997
Piedra Museo Stratum 4 and 5 charcoal 10400+80
(AMS) 		AA-8428 Nami 1996 (Miotti 1991)
Piedra Museo Stratum 6 charcoal 12890+90
(AMS) 		AA-20125 Miotti and Cattaneo 1997
Traful 1 Cave 13 charcoal 9285+313 LP-62 Orquera 1987 (Curzio et al. 1980)
Tres Arroyos Fell 1 charcoal 10280+110 DIC-2732 Nami 1996 (Massone 1987)
Tres Arroyos Fell 1 charcoal 10420+100 DIC-2333 (2733?) Nami 1996 (Massone 1987)
Tres Arroyos Fell 1 charcoal 11880+250 Beta-20219 Nami 1996 (Massone 1987)
† taken from the same quadrant and very close to the rib bone dated at the Toronto Laboratory (Nami 1996)
** questioned by Politis and Beukens (1991) (Nami 1996)
‡ from the same hearth (Borrero et al. 1998)

Appendix 2:
Radiocarbon dates from two Mylodon dens in Argentina and Chile
Site Level Material dated C-14 date Lab # Reference
Gruta del Indio hearth above dung charcoal 8045+55 GrN-5394 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio upper dung 8990+90 LP 925 Garcia and Lagiglia 1999
Gruta del Indio   Mylodon dermal ossicles 9560+90 GrN-5772 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio Level 7 dung 9650+800 A-1282 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio lowest charcoal charcoal 9740+280 A-1637 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio 1.5-2.0 cm above dung charcoal 9770+85 A-9491 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio firepit #3 charcoal 9825+95/-90 A-9492 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio top hearth zone charcoal 9890+75 A-9495 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio just above dung charcoal 9905+140 A-9489 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio between top/ middle hearth charcoal 9990+75 A-9496 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio near firepit #2 charcoal 10135+95 A-9468 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio lowest hearth zone charcoal 10170+70 A-9498 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio middle hearth zone charcoal 10195+80 A-9497 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio highest dung dung 10200+300 A-1636 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio top of dung dung 10285+240/-230 A-9494 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio hearth #1 charcoal 10440+225/-220 A-9487 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio 2.68 m charcoal 10530+140 A-1638 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio Level 7 dung 10610+210 A-1351 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio top of dung dung 10900+185 A-9493 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio 2.2 m charcoal 10930+540 A-1373 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio 1.1 m dung 10950+60 GrN-5558 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio top of dung dung 11040+130 A-9570 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio Level 8 dung 11820+180 A-1371 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio 60 cm dung 12375+115 A-9571 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio 0-10 cm dung 13750+400 A-1390 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio middle portion dung 24140+510 LP 1075 Garcia and Lagiglia 1999
Gruta del Indio 70-80 cm dung 24730+860 A-1370 Long et al. 1998
Gruta del Indio middle portion dung 28670+720 LP 1072 Garcia and Lagiglia 1999
Gruta del Indio near base dung 30200+800 LP 929 Garcia and Lagiglia 1999
Gruta del Indio near base dung 30800+700 LP 918 Garcia and Lagiglia 1999
Gruta del Indio 1.0-1.1 m wood -32000 A-1372 Garcia and Lagiglia 1999
Mylodon Cave dung layer? sloth dung 10200+400 Sa-49 Mengoni Goñalons 1986; Rivera 1978
Mylodon Cave dung layer? sloth hide 10400+330 A-1391 Mengoni Goñalons 1986; Long and Martin 1974
Mylodon Cave sloth layer? sloth dung 10575+400 GX-6248 Markgraf 1985
Mylodon Cave sloth layer? sloth dung 10800+570* C-484 Mengoni Goñalons 1986; Bird 1952
Mylodon Cave sloth layer? sloth dung 10864+720* C-484 Mengoni Goñalons 1986; Bird 1952
Mylodon Cave sloth layer? sloth dung 10880+300 GX-6243 Markgraf 1985
Mylodon Cave sloth layer? sloth dung 11775+480 GX-6246 Markgraf 1985
Mylodon Cave sloth layer? sloth dung 11810+299 BM-1210 Markgraf 1985; Saxon 1979
Mylodon Cave sloth layer? sloth dung 11905+335 GX-6247 Markgraf 1985
Mylodon Cave sloth layer? sloth dung 12240+150 A-2447 Markgraf 1985
Mylodon Cave sloth layer? sloth dung 12270+350 A-2445 Markgraf 1985
Mylodon Cave sloth layer? sloth dung 12285+480 GX-6245 Markgraf 1985
Mylodon Cave sloth layer? sloth dung 12308+288 BM-1210B Markgraf 1985; Saxon 1979
Mylodon Cave sloth layer? sloth dung 12496+148 BM-1209 Markgraf 1985; Saxon 1979
Mylodon Cave sloth layer? sloth dung 12552+128 BM-1375 Markgraf 1985; Saxon 1979
Mylodon Cave sloth layer? sloth dung 12870+100 A-2448 Markgraf 1985
Mylodon Cave sloth layer? sloth bone 12984+76 BM-728 Mengoni Goñalons 1986; Burleigh et al. 1977
Mylodon Cave sloth layer? sloth bone 13183+202 BM-1208 Mengoni Goñalons 1986
Mylodon Cave sloth layer? sloth bone 13260+115 LU-794 Mengoni Goñalons 1986; Hakansson
Mylodon Cave sloth layer? sloth dung 13470+180 A-2446 Markgraf 1985
Mylodon Cave sloth layer? sloth hide and hair 13500+470 NZ-1680 (R-4299) Mengoni Goñalons 1986; Rivera 1978
Mylodon Cave sloth layer? sloth dung 13560+180 A-1390 Mengoni Goñalons 1986; Long and Martin 1974
* sample tested twice by the Chicago lab, then averaged (Libby half-life)

Appendix 3:
Metric data of Fell's Cave stemmed projectile points (Politis 1991)
Site Cat # Max. length Max. width Max. thickness Min. stem width Max. base width
Fell's Cave41.1 1979a 68 34.5 5.5 17.5 18
Fell's Cave 41.1 1979b 57 30 7.3 16 17.5
Fell's Cave 41.1 1979c 54 24 5 12 13
Fell's Cave 41.1 1979d 47 26 4.5 14 15
Fell's Cave 41.1 1979e 42 30 5.3 17 17
Fell's Cave 41.1 1979f 36 20.5 5.3 12.5 14.5
Fell's Cave 41.2 8303 50 31 8 17.3 19
Cueva del Medio 1 40.4 17.5 8 11 13
Cueva del Medio 2 48 27 6 19 20.5
Cerro la China 88 41 22 6 13 15
Cerro la China 455 42 23 6 13 14
San Cayetano   38.5 23 6 16 18
Lobos   51.5 28 5 13 16.5
Sauce Chico   48 27 7 17.5 19
Uruguay   -- 38.5 7.6 18.5 19.5
Uruguay 1 71.5 42 5.5 23.5 26
Uruguay 4 55 22 5 14 14.5
Uruguay 8 53.5 30 6.5 19 21
Uruguay 16 62 31 6 17 21
Uruguay 17 63 27 5.5 17 --
Uruguay 19 68 24 7 15 20
Uruguay-- Alegre 1 46 25 4 13 14
Uruguay-- Alegre 2 35 21 5 14 17
Rio Grande do Sul 37 46 22 7 12.5 15


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Foot Notes

1 rcybp denotes "radiocarbon years before present"

2 According to my sources, mylodons were recovered from Piedra Museo in the Deseado Region, thus Miotti's data should be checked.

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