IMHICIHU   13380
INSTITUTO MULTIDISCIPLINARIO DE HISTORIA Y CIENCIAS HUMANAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Hunter-gatherer specialization in South America?
Autor/es:
R. BARBERENA; L. BORRERO
Lugar:
Vancouver, Canada
Reunión:
Congreso; 73rd Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology; 2008
Institución organizadora:
Society for American Archaeology
Resumen:
Patagonia is an extended dry and cold territory located on the southern extreme of South America, where there are at least two layers of marginality. At the supra-regional scale of Patagonia as a whole, this is an ecologically marginal setting where alternative food sources are few, and there is a focus on the use of guanaco (Lama guanicoe). On a smaller scale, many regions within Patagonia can be considered as geographically marginal (eastern Strait of Magellan, forests near the Andes). The latter areas were discontinuously used throughout the Holocene, and except for a complementary role for marine mammals do not display indications of specialization of any kind.