Chapter 10 Changes and Continuities of Hunting Practices from the Late Pleistocene to the Late Holocene Among Nomadic Societies of the Patagonian Plateaus

LAURA MIOTTI; LAURA MARCHIONNI; DARÍO HERMO; ENRIQUE TERRANOVA; LUCÍA MAGNIN; VIRGINIA LYNCH; BRUNO MOSQUERA; JORGELINA VARGAS GARIGLIO; NATALIA CARDEN

Ancient hunting strategies in Southern South America. The Latin American Studies Book Series.

Springer

Año: 2022; p. 259 - 294

The research developed from different lines of evidence in the centralplateau of Santa Cruz and the Somuncurá plateau of Río Negro, provides informationfor approaching the hunting strategies carried out by hunter-gatherer societies whoinhabited these massifs in the past. The information about both regions results fromthe analysis of archaeofauna, lithic technology, rock art, stone structures, specialtopographies and archaeological landscapes. In this work we introduce a summaryof the progress achieved so far, from which we have managed to define patternsrelated to the hunting strategies developed in these Patagonian plateaus, and theirvariations along time. The results we discuss show changes in hunting strategies,linked to the incorporation of new technologies. While a close encounter strategyis proposed for the Pleistocene-Holocene transition and early Holocene, distancehunting strategies seem to become more relevant towards the mid and late Holocene.This change suggests that the tactics deployed over time tended to incorporate moresocial actors cooperating in hunting events