Abstract

AGNOLIN, Agustín Mariano. Lithic technology and land use during the Middle Holocene in the Lake Cardiel basin (central-west Santa Cruz). Rev. Mus. Antropol. [online]. 2021, vol.14, n.3, pp.00-00. ISSN 1852-060X.  http://dx.doi.org/http://doi.org/10.31048/1852.4826.v14.n3.33352.

Abstract The Lake Cardiel basin has been the subject of an extensive series of investigations about its peopling process and the relationship between climatic, environmental and social change throughout the Holocene. These investigations have focused on the late Holocene, which has an abundant archaeological record in the region. In contrast, the middle Holocene, between ca. 7500 and 3000 years calibrated BP, shows the beginning of the colonization of the basin and presents a less abundant archaeological record. In this paper is analyzed the composition and distribution of the middle Holocene lithic technology, the functionality of the different spaces of the basin and the mobility strategies that would have been used by the local hunting groups. It is concluded that the occupation of this region would be characterized by a similar use of its different environments, associated with a lithic technology with a low investment of energy in its manufacture and the use of immediately available rocks. The local groups would have had mobility strategies with a lower logistical component than recorded for later moments.

Keywords : Middle Holocene; Lithic technology; Peopling process; Hunter gatherers; Mobility.

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