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Western Patagonia subsistence strategies: zooarchaeological studies of marine hunter-fisher-gatherers of the Chonos Archipelago, Chile (2016)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Manuel San Roman. Omar Reyes. Javier Cárcamo. Jimena Torres.

The Chonos archipelago (43°50’-46°50’S) at the western Patagonian channels of Chile was peopled by marine hunter gatherers known as Chonos. Archaeological occupation spans from 6260 cal years BP unto the 18th century. Recently the archaeological record has been described and characterized through surveys, test pits and systematic excavations in different parts of the region. This work presents a first synthesis of faunal resource exploitation for a range of islands, considering archaeological...