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Was the Central Pampean Dunefields of Argentina Occupied during the Late Pleistocene? A Reappraisal of the Evidence

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ID9335757
AuthorsPablo G Messineo (0000-0002-9541-4147, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, corresponding author), Renaud Scheifler (0000-0002-9620-0204, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), María Clara Alvarez (0000-0003-0183-2071, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), Mariela E González (0000-0002-0920-729X, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), Nélida Pal (CADIC-CONICET, Ushuaia, Argentina), Nélida Marcela Pal (0000-0002-1025-0105, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), María Paula Barros (0000-0002-3894-0132, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), Gustavo G Politis (0000-0003-4161-9873, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas)
Year2019
Volume5
Issue4
Pages378-391
Publication date2019-10-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePaleoAmerica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2055-5563 • E-ISSN: 2055-5571
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/20555563.2019.1697620
OpenAlexW2998214401
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited54

In this paper, we integrate different lines of archaeological evidence to generate a model of early human peopling for the Central Pampean Dunefields (an aeolian system of central Argentina), based on several sites found in the area. The first traces of human occupations date back to ∼10,000 calendar years ago, and they correspond to burials. During the middle Holocene, the archaeological signal increases and subsistence included a wide variety of faunal resources. The archaeological evidence is representative of hunter-gatherer adaptations to semi-arid landscapes, which involved high residential mobility, broad-spectrum foraging, and an elevated degree of technological flexibility. We also discuss the lack of occupations in the Central Pampean Dunefields during the late Pleistocene, when neighboring areas were already inhabited

Agriculture · Archaeological evidence · Archaeology · Arid · Foraging · Geography · Holocene · Middle Stone Age · Pleistocene · Subsistence agriculture · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology · Paleontology

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Citations per year1,29
Citation span2019 - 2026 (8)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
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