Late Holocene in southern Mendoza (northwestern Patagonia): radiocarbon pattern and human occupation

NEME, G., A. GIL Y V. DURÁN

Before Farming

Western Academic & Specialist Press Ltd.

Lugar: Liverpool ; Año: 2005 vol. 2 p. 1 - 18

1476-4253

This paper explores how hunter-gatherers occupied Northern Patagonia during the last 4000 years. This topic is analysed by putting radiocarbon trends in correlation with ecological differences between southern Mendoza areas and palaeoenvironmental context. The region is basically arid-semiarid, with a significant environmental diversity. We propose that the heterogeneity in the human biogeography of Northern Patagonia is related to its ecological characteristics, for instance, areas such as piedmont and intermountain valley have significant differences, in terms of resource productivity, compared with extra-cordillerean valleys, La Payunia and the high Cordillera. These environmental differences have influenced human occupation, exploration time, colonisation and stabilisation. This pattern could be explained as a response to differential resource structure between areas in this region. At c 2000 years BP all southern Mendoza has evidence of human use, but with differences in biogeographical phase environmental differences have influenced human occupation, exploration time, colonisation and stabilisation. This pattern could be explained as a response to differential resource structure between areas in this region. At c 2000 years BP all southern Mendoza has evidence of human use, but with differences in biogeographical phase of resource productivity, compared with extra-cordillerean valleys, La Payunia and the high Cordillera. These environmental differences have influenced human occupation, exploration time, colonisation and stabilisation. This pattern could be explained as a response to differential resource structure between areas in this region. At c 2000 years BP all southern Mendoza has evidence of human use, but with differences in biogeographical phase environmental differences have influenced human occupation, exploration time, colonisation and stabilisation. This pattern could be explained as a response to differential resource structure between areas in this region. At c 2000 years BP all southern Mendoza has evidence of human use, but with differences in biogeographical phase piedmont and intermountain valley have significant differences, in terms of resource productivity, compared with extra-cordillerean valleys, La Payunia and the high Cordillera. These environmental differences have influenced human occupation, exploration time, colonisation and stabilisation. This pattern could be explained as a response to differential resource structure between areas in this region. At c 2000 years BP all southern Mendoza has evidence of human use, but with differences in biogeographical phase environmental differences have influenced human occupation, exploration time, colonisation and stabilisation. This pattern could be explained as a response to differential resource structure between areas in this region. At c 2000 years BP all southern Mendoza has evidence of human use, but with differences in biogeographical phase extra-cordillerean valleys, La Payunia and the high Cordillera. These environmental differences have influenced human occupation, exploration time, colonisation and stabilisation. This pattern could be explained as a response to differential resource structure between areas in this region. At c 2000 years BP all southern Mendoza has evidence of human use, but with differences in biogeographical phase