“…The Northern Patagonian archipelago (~41 °30′-46 °50′S) includes the Reloncaví basin, the Chiloé archipelago and its adjacent continental edge, and the Guaitecas and Chonos archipelagos. Although there is evidence from the Late Pleistocene that indicates the use of coastal resources by hunter-gatherer groups (Dillehay et al, 2008), the first indications of human occupations by canoe hunter-gatherer groups in the Reloncaví area to the North and in Chiloé are ~6,400 cal years BP Ocampo and Rivas, 2004;Quiroz and Sánchez, 2004;Legoupil, 2005;Rivas and Ocampo, 2010;Campbell and Quiroz, 2015;Massone et al, 2016;Sierralta et al, 2019;Sierralta et al, 2021;Reyes et al, 2020;Munita et al, 2021;Rebolledo et al, 2021). The archaeological record of the transition to the late Holocene and even historical times is characterized by an increase in the number of archaeological sites and the diversity of deposits and site types, such as large multicomponent monticular shell middens, deposits with ceramic materials, fishing corrals, funerary sites and sites with paintings and rock carvings (Bird, 1988;Ladrón de Guevara et al, 2003;Munita, 2007;Sáez, 2008;Álvarez et al, 2008;Flores et al, 2010;Rodríguez et al, 2010;Flores and Correa, 2011;Mena et al, 2011;Munita et al, 2011;Labarca et al, 2016;Labarca et al, 2021;Reyes et al, 2020).…”