El Gigante Rockshelter (IMAGE)

Texas A&M University

El Gigante Rockshelter

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The El Gigante Rockshelter is among a handful of archaeological sites in the Americas that contain well-preserved botanical remains spanning the last 11,000 years. 

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Shelly Leachman, UC Santa Barbara

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