Reviewing human-environment interactions in arid regions of Southern South America during the past 3000 years.

MORALES, MARCELO; BARBERENA, RAMIRO; BELARDI, JUAN BAUTISTA; BORRERO, LUIS; CORTEGOSO, VALERIA; DURÁN, VÍCTOR; GUERCI, ALEJANDRA; GOÑI, RAFAEL; GIL, ADOLFO; NEME, GUSTAVO; YACOBACCIO, HUGO; ZÁRATE, MARCELO

PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

Lugar: Amsterdan; Año: 2009 vol. 281 p. 283 - 295

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Interactions between human societies and environment that they inhabit have been a controversial topic in archaeology for at least the past fifty years.This paper presents a review  of the main outcomes of several archaeological and multidisciplinary South American´s projects related to this theme. The case-studies discussed are located into three broad geographic areas: Puna, Cuyo and southern Patagonia.