IANIGLA   20881
INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGIA, GLACIOLOGIA Y CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
CONTRASTING HUMAN DEMOGRAPHY TRENDS BETWEEN HUNTER-GATHERER AND FARMERS AS RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE: CENTRAL WESTERN ARGENTINA AS STUDY CASE
Autor/es:
GIL, A; VILLALBA, R.; NEME, G.; FREEMAN, J.
Lugar:
WASHINGTON DC
Reunión:
Congreso; ANNUAL MEETING SAA; 2018
Institución organizadora:
SAA
Resumen:
The aim of this presentation is to provide information about human age-at-death profiles in order to understand the environment/demographic dynamics of pre-Hispanic people from Southern Mendoza. Burials from 20 archaeological sites are included in age-at-death profiles, which are compared to discern regional particularities. This is a transitional area between hunter-gatherers groups and farming populations. The presentation evaluates if the introduction of domesticated resources in the diet and the new agricultural subsistence patterns altered the hunter-gatherer demographic dynamics, and specifically if human demography declined during the Little Ice Age (LIA).