Paleoamerican Occupation, Stone Tools from the Cueva del Medio, and Considerations for the Late Pleistocene Archaeology in Southern South America

Paleoamerican Occupation, Stone Tools from the Cueva del Medio, and Considerations for the Late Pleistocene Archaeology in Southern South America

Archaeological excavations at the Cueva del Medio performed during the 1980s and 1990s yielded an important record of both faunal and stone tool remains, as well as data, to discuss issues that occurred during the Terminal Pleistocene. Due to that, the shaped Paleoamerican artifacts collected in the...

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Main Author: Hugo G. Nami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-08-01
Series:Quaternary
Subjects:
archaeology
Paleo-Americans
lithic analysis
Late Pleistocene
South America
Patagonia
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/2/3/28
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spelling doaj-d26d21f6cbbd4366938e400d70eda0362020-11-25T01:34:01ZengMDPI AGQuaternary2571-550X2019-08-01232810.3390/quat2030028quat2030028Paleoamerican Occupation, Stone Tools from the Cueva del Medio, and Considerations for the Late Pleistocene Archaeology in Southern South AmericaHugo G. Nami0CONICET-IGEBA, Laboratory of Geophysics “Daniel A. Valencio”, Department of Geological Sciences, FCEN, UBA, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires C1428EGA, ArgentinaArchaeological excavations at the Cueva del Medio performed during the 1980s and 1990s yielded an important record of both faunal and stone tool remains, as well as data, to discuss issues that occurred during the Terminal Pleistocene. Due to that, the shaped Paleoamerican artifacts collected in the author’s excavations were partially informed. The present article provides unpublished data on the field-work, the results of a techno-morphological analysis of the stone tools, and considerations about early hunter-gatherer societies along with their regional paleo-environmental interactions, as well other topics regarding the regional archaeological process during the last millennium of the Pleistocene. Findings from there have been extremely useful for discussing diverse paleo-ecological and archaeological topics and have extended the knowledge and discussions about different Pleistocene scientific issues, mainly related with flora, fauna, and the colonization of southern Patagonia.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/2/3/28archaeologyPaleo-Americanslithic analysisLate PleistoceneSouth AmericaPatagonia
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Paleoamerican Occupation, Stone Tools from the Cueva del Medio, and Considerations for the Late Pleistocene Archaeology in Southern South America
Quaternary
archaeology
Paleo-Americans
lithic analysis
Late Pleistocene
South America
Patagonia
author_facet Hugo G. Nami
author_sort Hugo G. Nami
title Paleoamerican Occupation, Stone Tools from the Cueva del Medio, and Considerations for the Late Pleistocene Archaeology in Southern South America
title_short Paleoamerican Occupation, Stone Tools from the Cueva del Medio, and Considerations for the Late Pleistocene Archaeology in Southern South America
title_full Paleoamerican Occupation, Stone Tools from the Cueva del Medio, and Considerations for the Late Pleistocene Archaeology in Southern South America
title_fullStr Paleoamerican Occupation, Stone Tools from the Cueva del Medio, and Considerations for the Late Pleistocene Archaeology in Southern South America
title_full_unstemmed Paleoamerican Occupation, Stone Tools from the Cueva del Medio, and Considerations for the Late Pleistocene Archaeology in Southern South America
title_sort paleoamerican occupation, stone tools from the cueva del medio, and considerations for the late pleistocene archaeology in southern south america
publisher MDPI AG
series Quaternary
issn 2571-550X
publishDate 2019-08-01
description Archaeological excavations at the Cueva del Medio performed during the 1980s and 1990s yielded an important record of both faunal and stone tool remains, as well as data, to discuss issues that occurred during the Terminal Pleistocene. Due to that, the shaped Paleoamerican artifacts collected in the author’s excavations were partially informed. The present article provides unpublished data on the field-work, the results of a techno-morphological analysis of the stone tools, and considerations about early hunter-gatherer societies along with their regional paleo-environmental interactions, as well other topics regarding the regional archaeological process during the last millennium of the Pleistocene. Findings from there have been extremely useful for discussing diverse paleo-ecological and archaeological topics and have extended the knowledge and discussions about different Pleistocene scientific issues, mainly related with flora, fauna, and the colonization of southern Patagonia.
topic archaeology
Paleo-Americans
lithic analysis
Late Pleistocene
South America
Patagonia
url https://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/2/3/28
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