HUMAN OCCUPATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL TIERRA DEL FUEGO: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL APPROACH

M.E. MANSUR,; DE ANGELIS H.; PARMIGIANI, V.

Preistoria Alpina

Museo tridentino di scienze naturali

Lugar: Trento; Año: 2012 vol. 43

0393-0157

The aim of this paper is to inform about the results of archaeological investigations carried out in the central strip of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, the main island of the fuegian archipelago. The central sector of the island is a mountainous and woody environment, characterized by development of sub Antarctic forest as well as by its various environments and microenvironments with different resources. The investigations have the dual purpose of contributing to solve a regional impact problem and simultaneously, to contribute to the theoretical and methodological debate in a current theme of the study of hunter-gatherer societies. Its main objective is to evaluate the interrelationship between environment, resources and population dynamics in this area, that we consider as a key to understand the dynamics of mobility throughout the island. The investigation is organized around hypothesis regarding differential resources supply in the various environments of the area, and the possible circulation of hunter-gatherers, as well as the role of both factors in the variability of the archaeological record.