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[[File:Petroglifo en taimataima.jpg|thumb|Pre-Clovis petroglyphs in Taima-Taima]]

'''Taima-Taima''' is a [[Late Pleistocene]] archaeological site located about 20 kilometers east of [[Santa Ana de Coro]], in the [[Falcón]] State of [[Venezuela]].<ref>[httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20110204064205/http://www.primera-clase.com:80/2011/02/01/parque-arqueologico-y-paleontologico-taima-taima/ Parque Arqueológico y Paleontológico Taima-Taima] (___location)</ref> The human settlement at Taima-Taima started about 14,000 years ago.

==History of research==

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The earliest human occupation goes back to 14,200-12,980 years ago. This indicates a pre-Clovis settlement of South America; the site is used as evidence for people arriving to South America earlier than previously believed.<ref>Juan Bosco Amores, [https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=6dNzKGOzbmUC&pg=PA11 «Tabla sintética de sitios arqueológicos, norte a sur»], in ''Historia de América'' (animals hunted at the site)</ref>

Cruxent discovered a [[mastodon]] pelvic bone that was pierced by a stone spearpoint. Geological and radiocarbon dating of the find both indicate the date of 13,000 BP (11,000 BC).<ref>[httphttps://web.archive.org/web/19991103105145/http://www.coroweb.com:80/arqueologia.htm Acerca de los hallazgos en el area de Taima-Taima y Urumaco] (list of prehistoric animals at Taima-Taima).</ref><ref>[http://taimataimalugararqueologico.blogia.com/2010/061604-primer-sitio-de-caceria-de-mastodontes.php Primer sitio de cacería de mastodontes] (dating of finds)</ref>

[[File:Macrauchenia.jpg|thumb|Prehistoric [[Macrauchenia]], similar to Xenorhinotherium]]