Abstract Recent research carried out in the Serrania La Lindosa (Department of Guaviare) provides archaeological evidence of the colonisation of the northwest Colombian Amazon during the Late Pleistocene. Preliminary excavations were conducted at Cerro Azul, Limoncillos and Cerro Montoya archaeological sites in Guaviare Department, Colombia. Contemporary dates at the three separate rock shelters establish initial colonisation of the region between ~12,600 and ~11,800 cal BP. The contexts also yielded thousands of remains of fauna, flora, lithic artefacts and mineral pigments, associated with extensive and spectacular rock pictographs that adorn the rock shelter walls. This article presents the first data from the region, dating the timing of colonisation, describing subsistence strategies, and examines human adaptation to these transitioning landscapes. The results increase our understanding of the global expansion of human populations, enabling assessment of key interactions between people and the environment that appear to have lasting repercussions for one of the most important and biologically diverse ecosystems in the world.

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更新世晚期和全新世早期哥伦比亚亚马逊的殖民化和早期人口：来自 La Serranía L​​a Lindosa 的新证据

摘要 最近在 Serrania La Lindosa（瓜维亚雷省）进行的研究提供了哥伦比亚亚马逊西北部在晚更新世殖民化的考古证据。在哥伦比亚瓜维亚雷省的 Cerro Azul、Limoncillos 和 Cerro Montoya 考古遗址进行了初步挖掘。三个独立岩石避难所的当代日期在约 12,600 和约 11,800 cal BP 之间建立了该地区的初始殖民化。这些环境还产生了数以千计的动物群、植物群、石制品和矿物颜料的遗骸，这些遗迹与装饰在岩石掩体墙壁上的广泛而壮观的岩石象形文字有关。本文介绍了该地区的第一批数据，确定了殖民时间，描述了生存策略，并检查人类对这些过渡景观的适应。结果增加了我们对全球人口扩张的理解，从而能够评估人与环境之间的关键相互作用，这些相互作用似乎对世界上最重要的生物多样性生态系统之一具有持久影响。