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Taima-Taima

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Site Typeanimal processing DescriptionA site in northwest Venezuela, dated from 12,000-14,000 BP, with El Jobo bifacial tools, scrapers, blades, and leaf-shaped points. Mastodon and glyptodon bones were also found in direct association with the tools. The site is located approximately 3km north of the Muaco site, in the Rio Pedregal region in Venezuela. It was originally discovered by J. M. Cruxent and Alex Krieger in 1962.
Site Name Taima-Taima Site Type animal processing Description
A site in northwest Venezuela, dated from 12,000-14,000 BP, with El Jobo bifacial tools, scrapers, blades, and leaf-shaped points. Mastodon and glyptodon bones were also found in direct association with the tools. …
A site in northwest Venezuela, dated from 12,000-14,000 BP, with El Jobo bifacial tools, scrapers, blades, and leaf-shaped points. Mastodon and glyptodon bones were also found in direct association with the tools. The site is located approximately 3km north of the Muaco site, in the Rio Pedregal region in Venezuela. It was originally discovered by J. M. Cruxent and Alex Krieger in 1962.

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"Site Details - Taima-Taima, Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/7-114/17-2042. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.

Publications

Author Bryan, Alan L.; Rodolfo M. Casamiquela; Jose M. Cruxent; Ruth Gruhn; Claudio Ochsenius
Title An El Jobo Mastodon Kill at Taima-taima, Venezuela
Publication Date 1978-06
Author Kipfer, Barbara Ann
Title Archaeology Wordsmith

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Taima-Taima

978.19.1 - modified bone

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typemodified bone Place CollectedSouth America: Venezuela, Falcón, Río Pedregal
978.19.1 - modified bone