Late Holocene (Other Keyword)
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In this work we apply theenvironmental and ethnographic frames of referenceconstructed by Binford (2001) and calculated in EnvCalc2.1 in order to generate and evaluatearchaeological hypothesis for the Central-Western area of Chubut Province (Patagonia, Argentina), an area in which archaeological research has recentlystarted. Patagonia is an elongatedterritory located between 39º W and 55º S in Southern South America. By its shape, it receives animportant oceanic influence which determines the...
Environmental implications of marine bird remains in the late Holocene of Pinnacle Point. (2015)
Marine bird remains are common in late Holocene coastal sites in South Africa. The Pinnacle Point Shell Midden Complex (PPSMC) is such a site. Marine bird remains from the PPSMC were studied to better understand their role in the foraging and mobility patterns of late Holocene stone age people on the Mossel Bay coast. The PPSMC has four separate excavation areas and marine bird remains are present and were studied in each. Microscopic analyses for signs of surface modification proved to be...
Following the Shore: Refining Late Holocene Sea-Level change through Settlement Histories on Northern Quadra Island, B.C. (2017)
For people who rely on the ocean, changes in sea-level can have a profound effect on daily lives, connections to place, and identity. When we study sea-level from a broader or regional scale, we do not require the time and space specificity that is necessary to examine the effect of highly local sea-level change in a particular time and place. Thus, the regional sea-level curves that have been well-refined and developed, may not answer (or allow us) to understand and appreciate what this change...
A hearth with a view, the spatial analysis of a Late Holocene hunter-gatherer house (2015)
Excavations of a house floor located in North America’s Great Basin resulted in hundreds of bone and stone artifacts. We present a spatial analysis of the recovered household artifacts. Identified raw materials provide evidence for connections to communities farther afield. Results indicate a diverse and complex suite of social goals. SAA 2015 abstracts made available in tDAR courtesy of the Society for American Archaeology and Center for Digital Antiquity Collaborative Program to improve...
The Interrelated Establishment of Sedentary Lifestyles in Tropical Lowland South America in the Late Holocene (2015)
The archaeological record of lowland South America shows the widespread establishment of sedentary life styles, associated with marked signs of landscape modification, starting around the mid first millennium BC. Such changes had a large scale, ranging from the lower Orinoco basin in the north all the way to the mouth of the Plata river in the south, albeit with earlier dates towards the north. This paper argues that this process of change needs to be understood from a continental perspective,...
Land use and Field Ecologies in Southwest China (2017)
This paper complements prevailing studies on prehistoric domestication and agriculture with an eye toward the interrelated problem of land use and food security in south China. In ecologies characterized by monsoonal variability, rugged terrain, and dense vegetation, what are the conditions that challenge or enable the cultivation of a range of staples? Using archaeological, ethnohistorical, and ethnographic data, I examine how extensification of field practices enabled the cultivation of...
Late Holocene Foraging and Early Farming in Northwestern Zimbabwe: Excavations and Analysis of Rock Shelters and an Open‐Air Village Site (2016)
Archaeological sites in Hwange National Park, northwestern Zimbabwe, record how and when food production expanded into this part of southern Africa. An examined early farming village contains diagnostic comb-stamped and channeled thickware pottery and copper bangles dated to 1800 and 1200 cal BP. This earliest farming community supplemented crops with hunted local wild game, but left no evidence of direct contact with indigenous hunter‐gatherers who had repeatedly occupied rock shelters 30 km...
New data on hunter gatherer coastal use at the Southern tip of the Americas during the Late Holocene: Cabo Virgenes 24 (Patagonia, Argentina) (2016)
Cabo Virgenes 24 (CV 24) is an archaeological site located at the Southeastern end of continental Patagonia, Argentina. The site rests on an erotional beach which formation started in the Middle Holocene. The archaeological background shows that inland hunter-gatherers populations began to use this coastal space since 2000 years BP. The faunal record of CV 24 exposes a low density and high richness of marine and coastal faunal species. There is an emphasis on pinnipeds exploitation...
New evidences of human corpse manipulation among hunter-gatherers societies in North-eastern Patagonia (Argentina) (2015)
A salient feature of Northeastern Patagonia during the late Holocene is the abundant record of burials with evidences of a strong handling of human bodies. In the lower basin of the Colorado River, burials are usually found in contexts such as formal disposal areas and domestic sites. In this work the bioarchaeological characteristics and the chronology of the Zoko Andi 1 site are presented. The earliest evidence of human corpse manipulation (ca. 1400 years BP) for Northeastern Patagonia was...
Offing 2 Locus 2 archaeological site (Dawson Island, Patagonia, Chile), marine hunter-gatherers and interaction during the Late Holocene (2016)
The results of Offing 2 Locus 2 archaeological excavation are presented and used to discuss broader implications for Patagonia hunter-gatherer contexts of the Late Holocene. The site is located near Dawson Island, within a strategic geographical position between Fueguian-Patagonian archipelagos, South American. Radiocarbon dating states occupation around 800 years BP. Evidence is characteristic of shellmidden deposits and chronological evidence indicates a short occupational sequence. Lithic...
Offing 2 Locus 2 archaeological site (Dawson Island, Patagonia, Chile), marine hunter-gatherers and interaction during the Late Holocene (2015)
The results of Offing 2 Locus 2 archaeological site are presented and used to discuss broader implications for Patagonia hunter-gatherer contexts during Late Holocene. The site is located near Dawson Island, within a strategic geographical position between Fueguian-Patagonian archipelagos and South America mainland . Radiocarbon dating states occupation around 800 BP. Evidence is characteristic of shellmidden deposits and chronological evidence indicates a short occupational sequence. Lithic...
Remote Sensing for Late Holocene Archaeology in Central Sahara: A Multi-Scalar Approach (2017)
At the end of the African Humid Period (c. 5000 years ago), the Sahara become dry. Yet, in spite of the onset of current arid conditions, human societies found successful strategies to cope with reduced rainfall and patchy natural resources. Archaeological evidence from the arid Sahara, dated from the last five millennia, can be studied by means of Earth Observation techniques. In this paper, we will present the results of our research from central Sahara, aimed at the remote reconstruction of...
Technological Changes in Patagonia: Debitage Analysis at Chorrillo Malo 2 Site (Upper Santa Cruz River Basin) (2023)
This is an abstract from the "Debitage Analysis: Case Studies, Successes, and Cautionary Tales" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Recent researches have shown the presence of technological and, in some cases, chronological discontinuities in the archaeological record of Central-South Patagonia from the Pleistocene–Holocene transition to the Late Holocene. Most of these changes have been recognized on lithic tools. In this presentation, we use...
Technology, subsistence and territoriality: changing patterns in the middle to late Holocene on the Central Brazilian plateau (2015)
During the middle to late Holocene a series of archaeological sites in central-north Minas Gerais state, located in the southwest of the Central Brazilian Plateau, show a context marked by the presence of an expedient lithic technology, no pottery, human burials and structures made of botanical remains. These structures contained domesticated plants, such as maize, manioc, cotton, bottle gourd, squash, peanut and native plants, such as palm nuts, passion fruit, jatobá, umbu and pequi. In this...