Abstract

The search design and preliminary results of a study focused in evaluating the existence of open air fini-Pleistocene sites or partially exposed places, but scarcely explored by archaeologists, in the Pali-Aike Volcanic Zone, Chile, is presented. This research was oriented towards humid environments of rivers Chico and Gallegos Chico, as much as to dry locations in old scoria locations and volcanic features. Evidence retrieved indicates the existence of mechanisms that work as bone collector tramps in both environments, nevertheless, the chronology of these findings is restricted - for the moment - to Holocene times.