Human Demography and Ecosystems: Comparative Approach of Human Age-at-Death Profiles from Northpatagonia (Southern Mendoza, Argentina)
Author(s): Eva Peralta; Leandro Luna; Claudia Aranda; Adolfo Gil
Year: 2018
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)
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Keywords
General
Bioarchaeology/Skeletal Analysis
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demography
Geographic Keywords
South America: Patagonia and Southern Cone
Spatial Coverage
min long: -77.695; min lat: -55.279 ; max long: -47.813; max lat: -25.642 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 20175