Biogeographic Barriers, Marginality and Explicit Analytical Scales in the Northern Archipelago of Western Patagonia, Chile.

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Patagonian Evolutionary Archaeology and Human Paleoecology: Commending the Legacy (Still in the Making) of Luis Alberto Borrero in the Interpretation of Hunter-Gatherer Studies of the Southern Cone" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The last decade of archaeological research in the coast of northwestern Patagonia, specifically in the Chonos Archipelago (43°-46° S), has been profoundly influenced by theoretical foundations developed by Dr. Luis Borrero. His concepts of marginality and biogeographical barriers and well as the use of explicit analytical scales are included in this paper to shape a study oriented towards measuring the intensity in the use of space along the occupational sequence of this archipelago, starting in the middle Holocene. The methodology has included search criteria that allows us to explain the conditions in which the archaeological record is encountered/preserved in this dynamic geomorphologic setting. The human occupation of the western channels of Patagonia by maritime hunter-gatherers fluctuated during the last six millennia, showing a remarkable concentration in the last 2000 years. Cave sites, shell middens, human burials, and intertidal lithic scatters comprise a complex archaeological record that characterizes this remote and discontinuous landscape. To this date, results show a profound maritime adaptation as indicated by indicators of technology, subsistence, diets, and spatial mapping on the territory. FONDECYT Grant 1170726.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)   •
• Patagonian Evolutionary Archaeology and Human Paleoecology: Commending the Legacy (Still in the Making) of Luis Alberto Borrero in the Interpretation of Hunter-Gatherer Studies of the Southern Cone

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Abstract Id(s): 23971