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Population dynamics and human strategies in Northwestern Patagonia: a view from Salamanca Cave (Mendoza, Argentina)
Fecha
2021-11-09Registro en:
Neme, Gustavo Adolfo; Zárate, Marcelo Arístides; Pompei, María de la Paz; Franchetti, Fernando Ricardo; Gil, Adolfo Fabian; et al.; Population dynamics and human strategies in Northwestern Patagonia: a view from Salamanca Cave (Mendoza, Argentina); University of Ljubljana Press; Documenta Praehistorica; 48; 9-11-2021; 6-25
1408-967X
1854-2492
CONICET Digital
CONICET
Autor
Neme, Gustavo Adolfo
Zárate, Marcelo Arístides
Pompei, María de la Paz
Franchetti, Fernando Ricardo
Gil, Adolfo Fabian
Giardina, Miguel Angel
Seitz, Viviana Paola
Salgán, María Laura
Abbona, Cinthia Carolina
Fernández, Fernando Julián
Resumen
In this paper we evaluate the role of human strategies in the Andean Piedmont from northern Patagonia across the Holocene. Specifically, we present the analysis of the Early Holocene Late Holocene archaeological record of Salamanca cave (Mendoza-Argentina). We identified technological changes that occurred during the Late Holocene and the implications of a human occupation hiatus in the Middle Holocene. We follow a multiproxy approach by the analysis of radiocarbon dates, archaeofaunal remains, ceramic, lithics and XRF obsidian sourcing. We also discuss a detailed stratigraphic sequence by geomorphological descriptions, the construction of a radiocarbon sequence model and summed probability distributions, compared with other archaeological sites in the region. We conclude that after the Middle Holocene archaeological hiatus, human populations grew while guanaco populations dropped. The imbalance between demography and resources boosted the incorporation of new technologies such as ceramics and the bow and arrow, allowing people to exploit lower-ranked resources.