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<b><font color="#003366" font>THE
FIRST SETTLERS</b>
<p align="center"><b>T</b>hose
first hunting <b>tribes</b> coming from the continent <b>30,000 years ago</b>
arrived from <b>Asia</b> in America through the <b>Bering Strait</b>. They reached
the present <b>Argentine territory</b> <b>18,000 years later</b> and occupied
different regions with their own features.
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<font color="#990000"><b>In the plains</b><br>
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in <b>Tandil</b>, traces of the first settlers who worked <b>stone</b> and <b>ceramics</b>
about <b>6,000 years ago</b> were found. <br clear=all>
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the <b>Littoral</b> and <b>Mesopotamia</b>, the only traces that could be found
were those of the <b>High Parana culture</b>, dating from <b>six millennia back</b>
in the past. <br>
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