Human Demography and Ecosystems: Comparative Approach of Human Age-at-Death Profiles from Northpatagonia (Southern Mendoza, Argentina)

Summary

The aim of this presentation is to provide information about human age-at-death profiles in order to understand the environmental/demographic dynamics of pre-Hispanic people from Southern Mendoza. Burials from 20 archaeological sites are included in age-at-death profiles, which are compared to discern regional particularities. This is a transitional area between hunter-gatherers groups and farming populations. The presentation evaluates if the introduction of domesticated resources in the diet and the new agricultural subsistence patterns altered the hunter-gatherer demographic dynamics, and specifically if human demography declined during the Little Ice Age (LIA).

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Human Demography and Ecosystems: Comparative Approach of Human Age-at-Death Profiles from Northpatagonia (Southern Mendoza, Argentina). Eva Peralta, Leandro Luna, Claudia Aranda, Adolfo Gil. Presented at The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC. 2018 ( tDAR id: 444654)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -77.695; min lat: -55.279 ; max long: -47.813; max lat: -25.642 ;

Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 20175