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.

The site was investigated starting in 1964 by José Cruxent (1911-2005), Alan Bryan, Rodolfo Casamiquela, Ruth Gruhn, and Claudio Ochsenius.

[4][5] Fossils of Xenorhinotherium (an extinct animal similar to camels), dating from the Pleistocene Epoch, have been found in Taima-Taima.

[6] Other such finds were made in Brazil, and also in Venezuela in the localities of Muaco, and Cuenca del Lago.

At Taima-Taima, José Cruxent discovered El Jobo projectile points, which are believed to be the earliest such artefacts in South America, going back to 16,000 BP.