Virginia Mcrostie

Biographic Data

ID196476
NAMEVirginia Mcrostie
GIVEN NAMESVirginia
FAMILY NAMEMcrostie
SIGNATUREMCROSTIE V
AFFILIATIONSPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
ORCID0000-0002-3146-3345
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS32
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Mapping past forests in the Atacama Desert, Chile

    Open AccessElena Balmaceda-Baraona, Víctor Méndez et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2026

    The last decades have seen a significant increase in the use of spatial and remote sensing analytical techniques in the field of archaeology, leading to new perspectives and research questions. However, the full potential of these methods remains largely unexplored. Albeit the focus on site detection and resource mapping has been gaining traction, we have yet to examine the great potential these techniques could have to support various tasks, suc…

  • El Tamarugal de Atacama. Memorias y prácticas de vinculación con un bosque históricamente amenazado

    Open AccessBarbara M García, Manuel Escobar Maldonado et al.ARTICLEEstudios Atacameños Arqueología y…2025

    En este artículo analizamos las relaciones históricas y contemporáneas que han construido los habitantes de la Pampa del Tamarugal (Tarapacá, Chile) con el bosque endémico de tamarugos (Strombocarpa tamarugo), en el Desierto de Atacama. Este territorio ha estado sometido a una continua explotación mercantil que hoy pone en riesgo su continuidad y la de los modos de vida asociados. Trabajamos desde una perspectiva etnográfica con diferentes grupos…

  • Silvopastoralism and the shaping of forest patches in the Atacama Desert during the Formative Period (ca. 3000–1500 years BP)

    Open AccessVirginia Mcrostie, P Babot et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2022Cited by: 1References: 15

    During the Formative period by the Late-Holocene (ca. 3000–1500 BP), semi-sedentary and sedentary human occupations had emerged in the oases, salares, and riverine systems in the central depression (2400–1000 masl) of the Atacama Desert, northern Chile (19–25°S). This hyperarid core was marginally occupied during the post-Pleistocene and middle Holocene droughts. Settlement on these lower belts was accompanied by a rise in humidity, the introduct…

  • A modeling approach to estimate the historical population size of the Patagonian Kawésqar people

    Open AccessSergio A Estay, Daniela N López et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2022References: 7

    The study of human-gatherers societies’ demography used to be a difficult task due to the lack of direct evidence to support the estimations. This is the case of several human groups from Pacific Patagonia whose historical population size estimations are controversial. This study estimated the historical population size for the Kawésqar people using direct and indirect evidence. Thus, we collated past estimations from experts and encounter rates …

  • Years of sociocultural plant use in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile

    Open AccessPaula C Ugalde, Virginia Mcrostie et al.ARTICLEVegetation History and…2020Cited by: 10References: 36

  • Pre-European Plant Consumption and Cultural Changes in the Coastal Lluta Valley, Atacama Desert, Northern Chile (Ca. 5140–390 Cal Yr BP)

    Open AccessBarbara M García, Magdalena García et al.ARTICLEEconomic Botany2020Cited by: 2References: 41

  • El Formativo en Tarapacá (3000-1000 aP)

    Open AccessMauricio Uribe, Dante Angelo et al.ARTICLELatin American Antiquity2020Cited by: 16References: 42

    En este trabajo se describen las relaciones que las sociedades humanas establecieron con su entorno durante el período Formativo (3000-1000 aP) en la Pampa del Tamarugal, Desierto de Atacama, desde una perspectiva teórico-metodológica que pone el acento en el potencial del registro ecofactual. Éste, al mediar entre lo cultural y lo ambiental, proporciona información vital para una mejor comprensión de la relación entre naturaleza y cultura constr…

  • Geohistorical records of the Anthropocene in Chile

    Open AccessEugenia Gayó, Eugenia M Gayo et al.ARTICLEElementa Science of the…2019

    The deep-time dynamics of coupled socio-ecological systems at different spatial scales is viewed as a key framework to understand trends and mechanisms that have led to the Anthropocene. By integrating archeological and paleoenvironmental records, we test the hypothesis that Chilean societies progressively escalated their capacity to shape national biophysical systems as socio-cultural complexity and pressures on natural resources increased over …

  • Acta de Tarapacá

    Open AccessC M Santoro, Victoria Castro et al.ARTICLEChungara2018Cited by: 1

    El “Acta de Tarapacá” constituye un llamado de atención sobre la necesidad de cambiar la manera como las sociedades humanas han estado utilizando el agua en el Desierto de Atacama, mediante una perspectiva histórica a lo largo de milenios. El Acta, una iniciativa que resume los resultados del proyecto CONICYT/PIA Anillo SOC1405 “Cambios Sociales y Variabilidad Climática a Largo Plazo en el Desierto de Atacama”, está dirigida a la sociedad civil y…

  • Continuities and discontinuities in the socio-environmental systems of the Atacama Desert during the last 13,000 years

    Open AccessC M Santoro, J M Capriles et al.ARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…2017

  • Sitio El Plomo Y Nuevos Registros De Cultígenos Iniciales en Cazadores Del Arcaico Iv en Alto Maipo, Chile Central

    Open AccessMaría Teresa Planella, Rosa Scherson et al.ARTICLEChungara2011Cited by: 2

    Nuevas investigaciones arqueolgicas en la cordillera andina de Chile central demuestran que cazadores recolectores del periodo Arcaico IV incorporaron el conocimiento y uso de cultgenos iniciales a su sistema de subsistencia. En el sitio El Plomo (3.460 a 3.340 aos cal. a.p.) localizado a 2.070 metros de altitud, se reitera el hallazgo de frutos de Chenopodium (cf. Chenopodium quinoa) carbonizados adems de otros Chenopodium en estado desecado que…