Archaeology of Hunter-Gatherers in Tapi Aike (Southern Patagonia, Argentina):: an Approach to Land Use Patterns from Surface Lithic Artifacts
In this paper, we present a distributional study on the surface lithic assemblages from a baseline environmental study carried out in the Tapi Aike region (province of Santa Cruz, Argentina). The reconstruction of spatial units of analysis with different ecological properties and on which lithic art...
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Centro de Estudios Históricos. UA CONICET
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/comechingonia/article/view/39261 |
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| Sumario: | In this paper, we present a distributional study on the surface lithic assemblages from a baseline environmental study carried out in the Tapi Aike region (province of Santa Cruz, Argentina). The reconstruction of spatial units of analysis with different ecological properties and on which lithic artifacts are deposited allowed us to make a regional comparison in terms of artifact density and distribution of classes of findings and artifacts. Our results suggest that occupational intensity increases from west to east and that there are important variations in technology use between geoforms and environments, suggesting a different and complementary use of spaces on a broad time scale. The differential land use patterns probably indicates their link with the most important ecological variations in the study area, which seem to have been a main factor in human decision-making on mobility and settlement in the past. |
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