Paleodemography of late holocene hunter-gatherers from Patagonia (Santa Cruz, Argentina): An approach using multiple archaeological and bioarchaeological indicators

This paper summarizes and discusses the main results achieved over three decades of research on paleodemographic aspects of Late Holocene hunter-gatherers in Northwestern Santa Cruz (Argentina). Research has been guided by a model of regional settlement that proposes that, as a result of the progres...

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Autores principales: García Guraieb, S., Goñi, R., Tessone, A.
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Hunter-gatherers
Late holocene
Paleodemography
Patagonia
archaeological evidence
archaeology
demography
Holocene
human settlement
hunter-gatherer
land use
residential mobility
Argentina
Lake Cardiel
Santa Cruz [Argentina]
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_10406182_v356_n_p147_GarciaGuraieb
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spelling todo:paper_10406182_v356_n_p147_GarciaGuraieb2023-10-03T15:57:59Z Paleodemography of late holocene hunter-gatherers from Patagonia (Santa Cruz, Argentina): An approach using multiple archaeological and bioarchaeological indicators García Guraieb, S. Goñi, R. Tessone, A. Hunter-gatherers Late holocene Paleodemography Patagonia archaeological evidence archaeology demography Holocene human settlement hunter-gatherer land use residential mobility Argentina Lake Cardiel Patagonia Santa Cruz [Argentina] This paper summarizes and discusses the main results achieved over three decades of research on paleodemographic aspects of Late Holocene hunter-gatherers in Northwestern Santa Cruz (Argentina). Research has been guided by a model of regional settlement that proposes that, as a result of the progressive aridization process recorded in Patagonia during the Late Holocene, human groups would have reduced their residential mobility and concentrated their settlements in low altitude basins with water availability, such as Lake Cardiel and Lake Salitroso. Paleodemographic questions derived from the model relate to population regional continuity and dynamics and were tested using several lines of research at regional and local scales. The assessment of the chronological information and temporal trends of the archaeological record at the regional level allowed for a coarse grain paleodemographic approach, and acted as a mean to support hypotheses related to changes in mobility and land use strategies. Building on this, several lines of bioarchaeological evidence were used to address paleodemographic aspects of the model, including temporal, distributional, and compositional studies of the mortuary record, isotopic, morphometric and DNA analyses and the sex and age structure of the skeletal samples recovered in Lake Salitroso basin. Results point to a biological and cultural population continuity in the region during the Late Holocene. Also, a reduction in residential mobility would have favored a slight population growth of Lake Salitroso populations during the last millennium. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_10406182_v356_n_p147_GarciaGuraieb
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topic Hunter-gatherers
Late holocene
Paleodemography
Patagonia
archaeological evidence
archaeology
demography
Holocene
human settlement
hunter-gatherer
land use
residential mobility
Argentina
Lake Cardiel
Patagonia
Santa Cruz [Argentina]
spellingShingle Hunter-gatherers
Late holocene
Paleodemography
Patagonia
archaeological evidence
archaeology
demography
Holocene
human settlement
hunter-gatherer
land use
residential mobility
Argentina
Lake Cardiel
Patagonia
Santa Cruz [Argentina]
García Guraieb, S.
Goñi, R.
Tessone, A.
Paleodemography of late holocene hunter-gatherers from Patagonia (Santa Cruz, Argentina): An approach using multiple archaeological and bioarchaeological indicators
topic_facet Hunter-gatherers
Late holocene
Paleodemography
Patagonia
archaeological evidence
archaeology
demography
Holocene
human settlement
hunter-gatherer
land use
residential mobility
Argentina
Lake Cardiel
Patagonia
Santa Cruz [Argentina]
description This paper summarizes and discusses the main results achieved over three decades of research on paleodemographic aspects of Late Holocene hunter-gatherers in Northwestern Santa Cruz (Argentina). Research has been guided by a model of regional settlement that proposes that, as a result of the progressive aridization process recorded in Patagonia during the Late Holocene, human groups would have reduced their residential mobility and concentrated their settlements in low altitude basins with water availability, such as Lake Cardiel and Lake Salitroso. Paleodemographic questions derived from the model relate to population regional continuity and dynamics and were tested using several lines of research at regional and local scales. The assessment of the chronological information and temporal trends of the archaeological record at the regional level allowed for a coarse grain paleodemographic approach, and acted as a mean to support hypotheses related to changes in mobility and land use strategies. Building on this, several lines of bioarchaeological evidence were used to address paleodemographic aspects of the model, including temporal, distributional, and compositional studies of the mortuary record, isotopic, morphometric and DNA analyses and the sex and age structure of the skeletal samples recovered in Lake Salitroso basin. Results point to a biological and cultural population continuity in the region during the Late Holocene. Also, a reduction in residential mobility would have favored a slight population growth of Lake Salitroso populations during the last millennium. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA.
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author García Guraieb, S.
Goñi, R.
Tessone, A.
author_facet García Guraieb, S.
Goñi, R.
Tessone, A.
author_sort García Guraieb, S.
title Paleodemography of late holocene hunter-gatherers from Patagonia (Santa Cruz, Argentina): An approach using multiple archaeological and bioarchaeological indicators
title_short Paleodemography of late holocene hunter-gatherers from Patagonia (Santa Cruz, Argentina): An approach using multiple archaeological and bioarchaeological indicators
title_full Paleodemography of late holocene hunter-gatherers from Patagonia (Santa Cruz, Argentina): An approach using multiple archaeological and bioarchaeological indicators
title_fullStr Paleodemography of late holocene hunter-gatherers from Patagonia (Santa Cruz, Argentina): An approach using multiple archaeological and bioarchaeological indicators
title_full_unstemmed Paleodemography of late holocene hunter-gatherers from Patagonia (Santa Cruz, Argentina): An approach using multiple archaeological and bioarchaeological indicators
title_sort paleodemography of late holocene hunter-gatherers from patagonia (santa cruz, argentina): an approach using multiple archaeological and bioarchaeological indicators
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_10406182_v356_n_p147_GarciaGuraieb
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