Faunal Analyses, Human Subsistence and Biogeography in the Pali Aike Lava Field, Southern Patagonia: New Perspectives from Cóndor 1 Site

F. MARTIN; R. BARBERENA; L. BORRERO

Salt Lake City (Utah, EEUU)

Congreso; 70th Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology; 2005

Society for American Archaeology

The faunistic record from the Pali Aike area -southern Patagonia- presents taphonomic features of interest for both, formational and biogeographical discussions. We present the preliminary analysis of the assemblage from Cóndor 1 site, which, on local standards, is striking in terms of the redundance of human occupation. We evaluate the intensity in bone deposition and fragmentation, altogether with a discusions of the implicated agents. Finally, an exploratory comparative analysis with sites from different geographical locations is presented as a means of proposing biogeographical patterns of human mobility and installation, which can be further tested on the basis of other evidences.