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Archaeology of coastal hunter-gatherer occupations in the Southern Cone
(Elsevier, 2015-05)
This issue of Quaternary International contains 13 papers which are the results of a Symposium ?Arqueología de ocupaciones litorales de cazadores recolectores del Cono Sur? (Archaeology of coastal hunter-gatherer occupations ...
Binford and Ethnoarchaeology, a view from the South. Reflections on His Contributions to Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology and Lithic Analysis
(Left Coast Press, 2012-04)
Lewis Binford has been an influential author in archaeology. He produced a wealth of ethnoarchaeological information and the ideas he developed—using his own results as well as the ones obtained by other researchers — ...
Hunter-gatherer plant resource use during the Holocene in central western Patagonia (Aisén, Chile, South America)
(Springer, 2017)
Recent archaeobotanical studies on hunter-gatherer sites in the steppes of central western Patagonia, Chile, reveal new data on the use of plant resources throughout the Holocene, often previously assumed to be unimportant. ...
Analysis of hair remains from a hunter-gatherer grave from Patagonia: Taxonomic identification and archaeological implications
(Elsevier, 2016-08)
The results of the analysis of hair remains froma hunter-gatherer grave fromnorthern Patagonia are presented in this paper. One of the samples analyzed consisted in hair that remained attached to the hide used to manufacture ...
Bone tools of Late Holocene hunter-gatherer-fishers of North-Central Chile: Case study of the Punta Teatinos assemblage
(John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2019)
During the Late Holocene, important changes can be identified in the social dynamics of hunter-gatherer populations in different regions of the Southern Andes. These transformations are associated with processes of demographic ...
Site context and the spatial organization of a late holocene coastal hunter-gatherer campsite in North-Central Chile, South America
(Cambridge University Press, 2020)
We explored the site context of a late Holocene shell midden on the coast of Los Vilos in north-central
Chile (31 degrees 51 ' S, South America) to better understand the spatial organization of short-term,
small-sized ...
A Persistent Place for Hunter-Gatherers During the Late Holocene: The Case of Burials in Pit on the Coast of Lángara Bay, Argentine Patagonia
(Routledge, 2018-07)
In Argentine Patagonia, the type of archaeological burial “in pit” has been only identified on the coast of Lángara Bay. This modality is characterized by the presence of single and multiple primary burials. Studies on ...
Isotopic trends in the diets of hunter-gatherers of the lower Paraná wetland, South America
(Elsevier Ltd, 2016-10)
The results of the isotopic analysis of 23 individuals recovered in the lower Paraná wetland, South America, are presented. The samples were recovered from complex hunter-gatherer sites ranging from the years 1800 to 600 BP. ...
Alero 4 rock shelter, north coast of Deseado estuary (Patagonia, Argentina): Hunter-gatherer mobility strategies during the Late Holocene
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2015-07)
The Alero 4 site is a rock shelter located in the vicinity of the northern edge of the Deseado River in the Santa Cruz province of Patagonia, Argentina. The stratigraphic studies recorded evidence of human occupation ...
Ontology of the self and material culture: Arrow-making among the Awá hunter-gatherers (Brazil)
(Elsevier Inc, 2010-11)
The Awá are a group of hunter–gatherers in transition to agriculture living in the Brazilian Amazon forest. After contact with mainstream society from the 1970s onwards, their culture, and especially their material culture, ...