Middle Holocene archaeology: Dynamics of environmental and socio-cultural change in South America

RODOLPHE HOGUIN, FEDERICO RESTIFO

QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2012 vol. 256 p. 1 - 1

1040-6182

The study of human behaviour response to Middle Holocene climate changes in South America is a growing field of inquiry in archaeology. Currently, a significant body of knowledge on the topic has emerged due to several factors, such as the application of new theoretical approaches, the study of newcases and the development of new methodologies by using several proxies for paleoclimatic reconstruction and to the documentation of behavioural change in archaeological record. The importance of this period relies on the fact that it represents a time of notable climatic and environmental changes recorded through the ecological mosaic of South America.