Evaluating the possible reasons for chronological hiatuses and technological changes in Central-South Patagonia: the case of the Pleistocene-Holocene transition and the early Holocene

FRANCO, NORA VIVIANA; GOEBEL, TED; GRAF, KELLY; BROOK, GEORGE A.

Walvis Bay

Congreso; 23º S Southern Deserts Conference; 2024

Namib Desert Archaeological Survey

Chronological hiatuses and technological changes have been recorded in different spaces in Central and South Patagonia from the Pleistocene-Holocene transition to the Late Holocene, a vast space which was one of the last humans reached. They have been related to different causes, such as environmental ones, extinction of megafauna, reorganization of technology and entrance of new people. We will discuss here the case of the Pleistocene-Holocene transition and the early Holocene. By this time, a technological change has been identified at a multi-regional scale. In the case of central-south Patagonia, it is accompanied by a chronological hiatus. Reasons are explored and the possibility of entrance of new populations is discussed.