Hunter-Gatherer persistence and demography in Patagonia (southern South America): the impact of ecological changes during the Pleistocene and Holocene

BERNAL VALERIA; PEREZ SERGIO IVAN; POSTILLONE MARÍA BÁRBARA; RINDEL DIEGO

Hunter-Gatherer Resilience in Bioarchaeological Perspective

Cambridge University Press

Lugar: Cambridge; Año: 2018; p. 47 - 64

Hunter-gatherer lifestyles defined the origins of modern humans and for tens of thousands of years were the only form of subsistence our species knew. This changed with the advent of food production at different times throughout the world. The chapters in this volume explore the different way that hunter-gatherer societies around the world adapted to changing social and ecological circumstances while still maintaining a predominantly hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Couched specifically with the framework of resilience theory, the authors use contextualized bioarchaeological analyses of health, diet, mobility, and funerary practices to explore how hunter-gatherers in different parts of the world responded to challenges and actively resisted change that formed the core of their social identity and worldview.