INVESTIGADORES
BARBERENA Ramiro
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Collapsed rockshelters in Patagonia
Autor/es:
L. BORRERO; R. BARBERENA; F. MARTIN; K. BORRAZZO
Lugar:
Lisboa (Portugal)
Reunión:
Congreso; XV Congrés Union Internationale des Sciences Préhistoriques et Protohistoriques; 2006
Institución organizadora:
Union Internationale des Sciences Préhistoriques et Protohistoriques
Resumen:
Rockshelters may have been places used only during short periods, but their sequences still produced the basic archaeological framework for several American regions. Patagonia is one of those cases. It is known that sequential changes occurred at many rockshelters, including a reduction of sheltered space produced by sedimentation and roof fall. These changes were important determinants of the human selection of those locales. Places that offered protection against wind and rain in the past ended as accumulations of rocks that were no longer attractive for human habitation. A review of cases in Southern Patagonia is presented, and the example of Cerro León 3, Baguales Range, Argentina, is explored in some detail.
