Artifactual and environmental related variations in Fuego-Patagonia.

M.CARDILLO; J. CHARLIN; K. BORRAZZO

Works in Stone: Contemporary Perspectives on Lithic Analysis

The University of Utah Press

Año: 2015; p. 162 - 177

Diversity in environmental conditions has a variable effect on technological strategies employed by hunter-gatherers worldwide. Here we assess the expression of this relationship in Fuego-Patagonia, a region that comprises several ecological areas including forest, steppe, and maritime coast. Hence, we explore the relationship between environmental variables and lithic assemblages structure, richness, and composition by applying multivariate statistical analysis (constrained ordination). Artifactual samples analyzed are late Holocene and were recovered in Patagonia between 50º and 53º S. This research contributes to regional and worldwide discussions about the role of environmental factors and the spatial scale of technological diversity.