Hunter-gatherers’ guanaco exploitation during the Middle Holocene in the south coast of Tierra del Fuego (Argentina)
We analyze the exploitation strategies of guanacos (Lama guanicoe) by the coastal hunter-gatherers that inhabited the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego during the Middle Holocene. This period is considered to be a pivotal moment in the process of human colonization in the Fuegian archipelago, as it...
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I28-R243-article-58262023-11-08T12:08:29Z Hunter-gatherers’ guanaco exploitation during the Middle Holocene in the south coast of Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) Explotación de guanacos por cazadores-recolectores durante el Holoceno medio en la costa sur de Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) Alunni, Daniela Vázquez, Martín Zangrando, Atilio Francisco Coastal hunter-gatherers Transport and butchering Environmental variability Cazadores-recolectores costeros Transporte y procesamiento Variabilidad ambiental We analyze the exploitation strategies of guanacos (Lama guanicoe) by the coastal hunter-gatherers that inhabited the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego during the Middle Holocene. This period is considered to be a pivotal moment in the process of human colonization in the Fuegian archipelago, as it was proposed as the initial stage of human adaptation to the channel and island environment at the southernmost tip of the Americas. In this context, we evaluate guanacos’ hunting strategies and the role of terrestial environments for hunther-gatherers’ subsistence. We analyze and compare three archaeological assemblages corresponding to the Middle Holocene, located in different environments regarding their conditions for the transport and butchering of guanacos. The results show that hunting behaviors developed under different strategies according to each sector. This variability was not necessarily related to the differences in spatial and seasonal distribution of the resource, but to dissimilar contingencies or nutritional requirements of the human groups that inhabited these coasts during the Middle Holocene. En este trabajo se discuten los modos de explotación de guanacos (Lama guanicoe) por cazadores-recolectores costeros que habitaron el litoral sur de Tierra del Fuego durante el Holoceno medio. Este período constituyó un momento clave en el proceso de poblamiento humano del archipiélago fueguino, dado que se propuso como escenario inicial de una adaptación al ambiente de canales e islas del extremo sur americano. En este contexto, se evalúan las estrategias de aprovisionamiento de guanacos y el rol que pudieron haber tenido los espacios terrestres para la economía de los cazadores-recolectores y pescadores que ocuparon estos espacios. Para ello, se analizan y comparan tres conjuntos arqueológicos correspondientes a ese período pero ubicados en entornos ambientales disímiles y que ofrecen distintas condiciones para la captura y transporte de guanacos. Los resultados muestran que estas prácticas se desarrollaron bajo estrategias diferentes según cada sector, y que esta variabilidad no necesariamente estuvo relacionada con las disposiciones espaciales y estacionales alternantes que presenta el recurso, sino también con diversas contingencias o requerimientos nutricionales de los grupos humanos que habitaron estas costas durante el Holoceno medio. Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2020-07-15 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/5826 10.34096/arqueologia.t26.n2.5826 Arqueología; Vol. 26 Núm. 2 (2020): mayo-agosto; 157-180 Arqueología; Vol 26 No 2 (2020): May-August; 157-180 1853-8126 0327-5159 spa http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/5826/7206 Derechos de autor 2020 Arqueología |
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Coastal hunter-gatherers Transport and butchering Environmental variability Cazadores-recolectores costeros Transporte y procesamiento Variabilidad ambiental |
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Coastal hunter-gatherers Transport and butchering Environmental variability Cazadores-recolectores costeros Transporte y procesamiento Variabilidad ambiental Alunni, Daniela Vázquez, Martín Zangrando, Atilio Francisco Hunter-gatherers’ guanaco exploitation during the Middle Holocene in the south coast of Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) |
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Coastal hunter-gatherers Transport and butchering Environmental variability Cazadores-recolectores costeros Transporte y procesamiento Variabilidad ambiental |
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Alunni, Daniela Vázquez, Martín Zangrando, Atilio Francisco |
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Alunni, Daniela Vázquez, Martín Zangrando, Atilio Francisco |
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Hunter-gatherers’ guanaco exploitation during the Middle Holocene in the south coast of Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) |
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Hunter-gatherers’ guanaco exploitation during the Middle Holocene in the south coast of Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) |
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Hunter-gatherers’ guanaco exploitation during the Middle Holocene in the south coast of Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) |
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Hunter-gatherers’ guanaco exploitation during the Middle Holocene in the south coast of Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) |
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Hunter-gatherers’ guanaco exploitation during the Middle Holocene in the south coast of Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) |
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hunter-gatherers’ guanaco exploitation during the middle holocene in the south coast of tierra del fuego (argentina) |
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We analyze the exploitation strategies of guanacos (Lama guanicoe) by the coastal hunter-gatherers that inhabited the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego during the Middle Holocene. This period is considered to be a pivotal moment in the process of human colonization in the Fuegian archipelago, as it was proposed as the initial stage of human adaptation to the channel and island environment at the southernmost tip of the Americas. In this context, we evaluate guanacos’ hunting strategies and the role of terrestial environments for hunther-gatherers’ subsistence. We analyze and compare three archaeological assemblages corresponding to the Middle Holocene, located in different environments regarding their conditions for the transport and butchering of guanacos. The results show that hunting behaviors developed under different strategies according to each sector. This variability was not necessarily related to the differences in spatial and seasonal distribution of the resource, but to dissimilar contingencies or nutritional requirements of the human groups that inhabited these coasts during the Middle Holocene. |
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Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires |
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