Hunter-Gatherer Mobility Strategies in the High Andes of Northern Chile during the Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene Transition (ca. 11,500–9500 CAL B.P.)

Osorio, Daniela; Capriles, José M.; Ugalde, Paula C.; Herrera, Katherine; Sepúlveda, Marcela; Gayó, Eugenia M.; Latorre, Claudio; Jackson, Donald; Pol‐Holz, Ricardo De; Santoro, Calógero M.

doi:10.1080/00934690.2017.1322874

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“…In introducing these sites into the discussion of the role of early high altitude settlement in the peopling of South America, we propose also to explore the first of the above two hypotheses, namely that the Andean highlands may have constituted an important megapatch and that the material culture of these sites was part of a region-wide cultural tradition and settlement system. This paper thus complements previous work regarding specific mobility strategies engaged by early huntergatherers in northern Chile (Osorio et al, 2017).…”

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confidence: 69%

“…The faunal assemblages were dominated by artiodactyls, especially camelids (guanaco and vicuna), in all five sites (see Osorio et al, 2017). Also present were a few deer bones (probably Hippocamelus antisensis) at Hakenasa.…”

Section: Faunal Assemblagesmentioning

confidence: 86%

“…We suggest that the ecological and geographical boundaries of the Dry Puna megapatch are reflected in similarities in lithic technology and typology at the sites reviewed in this paper. By contrast, the archaeological records of the Atacama Desert and the Salt Puna, south of the Dry Puna, are completely different in their cultural trajectory, in their lithic assemblages (different technology and projectile point types), and in their paleoenvironmental conditions, which did not favour year-round human occupations (Santoro and Nunez, 1987;Santoro, 1989;Nunez et al, 2005;Osorio et al, 2017). The next step in developing this approach is to specify in greater detail the distinctive cultural traits and the defining ecological characteristics of this Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene Andean megapatch.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The third group composed by Pampa El Muerto 15 falls in between these upper and lower elevation sites and is intermediate in age (10.7 cal kyr BP). Previous studies on these and other Andean sites focused on lithic technology and faunal assemblages, which were then used to discuss mobility strategies using classic models such as transhumance, cyclical mobility, and sedentism, or newer behaviorist approaches (Niemeyer and Schiappacasse, 1963;Cardich, 1964;Lynch, 1971;Rick, 1980;Santoro and Nunez, 1987;Aldenderfer, 1998;Osorio et al, 2017).…”

Section: Archaeological Evidence For Early Occupation Of the Dry Punamentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Dry Puna as an ecological megapatch and the peopling of South America: Technology, mobility, and the development of a late Pleistocene/early Holocene Andean hunter-gatherer tradition in northern Chile

Osorio

Steele

Sepúlveda

et al. 2017

Quaternary International

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A B S T R A C T. Current scientific evidence shows that humans colonized South America at least 15,000 years ago, but there are still many unknown aspects of this process, including the major and minor migratory routes involved, and the pattern of successive occupation of a diverse continental mosaic of ecosystems. In this context, the role of the Andean highlands (_3400 meters above sea level) has been neglected, because of the supposedly harsh conditions for humans including hypoxia and cold climate. Nevertheless, the environmental and cultural resources available in the high Andes constitutes an important "megapatch" that should be assessed in terms of human settlement patterns. We review the evidence for late Pleistocene/ early Holocene hunter-gatherer occupation of one part of this megapatch, the northern Chilean Dry Puna, in its palaeoecological context. We focus on lithic technology, faunal remains, radiocarbon dates, and other archaeological materials related to different social activities, which allow us to suggest that groups of hunter-gatherers organized and adapted their way of life to highland ecosystems through logistical mobility, and curatorial strategies for lithic tool kits that included projectile points and other formalized tools. The morphology and technological processes involved are recognized over vast territories along the high Andes. We identify this material expression as the high south central Andean Archaic hunter-gatherer tradition, which also featured long distance mobile settlement systems and communication processes over this broad and distinct megapatch. More speculatively, we outline the hypothesis that these highland ecosystems constituted a suitable migratory route that may have been key for the early peopling of the continent, and contrast it with the alternative hypothesis of the initially secondary and seasonally intermittent exploitation of this habitat by hunter-gatherers dispersing along the Pacific coastal corridor.

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confidence: 69%

Section: Faunal Assemblagesmentioning

confidence: 86%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Archaeological Evidence For Early Occupation Of the Dry Punamentioning

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The Dry Puna as an ecological megapatch and the peopling of South America: Technology, mobility, and the development of a late Pleistocene/early Holocene Andean hunter-gatherer tradition in northern Chile

Osorio

Steele

Sepúlveda

et al. 2017

Quaternary International

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“…En las tierras altas del área Centro-Sur Andina diversas evidencias materiales, tales como las tradiciones o tipologías líticas compartidas entre distintas localidades, las similitudes en el arte rupestre y el hallazgo de objetos categorizados como "misceláneos", al ser objetos no exclusivamente relacionados con el consumo alimenticio y la provisión energética, han permitido discutir la existencia de variadas dinámicas sociales ocurridas en tiempos arcaicos (10.500-3.700 años a.p. ), más allá de las prácticas ligadas a la movilidad para la subsistencia (Aldenderfer 1989(Aldenderfer , 1998(Aldenderfer y 2008Craig 2012;Klink y Aldenderfer 2005;Osorio et al 2017;Santoro 1989Santoro y 1993Sepúlveda, García et al 2013; entre otros). Entre estos objetos "misceláneos" se consideran objetos acabados o materias primas en distintas etapas de procesamiento, de procedencia alóctona a los pisos altoandinos donde fueron hallados, como por ejemplo los fragmentos de valvas del litoral.…”

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Objetos "Misceláneos" Y Dinámicas Sociales en Contextos Cazadores Recolectores De La Precordillera De Arica, Extremo Norte De Chile

Castillo

Sepúlveda

2017

Chungará (Arica)

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Los patrones de movilidad de los cazadores recolectores altoandinos arcaicos (10.500-3.700 a.p.) del extremo norte de Chile han sido comúnmente definidos a partir de la caracterización y comparación del registro lítico y en menor medida, las pinturas rupestres presentes en aleros o abrigos rocosos. Los demás registros materiales han sido generalmente mencionados de forma ocasional y anecdótica. Trabajos efectuados desde 2006 en adelante, en las tierras altas de la región, han buscado abordar otras dinámicas sociales de estos cazadores recolectores más allá de su subsistencia para así discutir otras esferas de la movilidad de estos grupos. Esta investigación exploratoria se basa en la sistematización cronológica y contextual de objetos ornamentales y/o suntuarios arcaicos, de procedencia local o alóctona, de la precordillera del extremo norte de Chile (2.800-3.800 msm). La presencia de estos objetos, usualmente catalogados como "misceláneos", hallados en diez sitios con ocupaciones arcaicas, nos permiten discutir justamente la movilidad de los grupos altoandinos y su interacción con otros grupos especializados. Asimismo, permiten discutir su rol y relevancia en la conformación de variadas formas de interacción y diferenciación al interior de los grupos. Finalmente, se discute la configuración y mantenimiento de interacciones sociales materializadas por la circulación de objetos misceláneos, y el necesario flujo de información en las dinámicas sociales establecidas entre los períodos Arcaico y Formativo en la región de los Andes Centro-Sur.Palabras claves: objetos "misceláneos", tierras altas, norte de Chile, período Arcaico, movilidad, redes de interacción. The mobility patterns of Archaic hunter-gatherers (10,500-3,700 BP) from the highlands of northern

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Social interaction between the coast and the highlands of Chile's arid north (20°S) during the mid‐Holocene: The case of Vicugna vicugna (Molina, 1782) and Hippocamelus antisensis (d'Orbigny, 1834)

López,

González,

Power

et al. 2024

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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This article discusses the archaeological implications of the discovery of the highland species Hippocamelus antisensis (Cervidae) and Vicugna vicugna (Camelidae) in two coastal contexts in the Atacama Desert (20°S, Chile). H. antisensis is currently distributed throughout the Peruvian Andes, northern Chile, western Bolivia and northwestern Argentina, between 1800 and 5500 m above sea level. V. vicugna is distributed throughout northern Peru and northwestern Argentina, in environments that exceed 3200 m above sea level. The archaeological record of deer antlers on the Atacama coast has previously been documented at the Caleta Huelén‐42 site (21°S). In the case of V. vicugna, fibers have been recovered only at the coastal site of Camarones‐14 (19°S). A dating of 4180 ± 20 year BP obtained from V. vicugna bone and indirect dating of the antlers suggest an early social exchange between groups from coastal regions and those from the Atacama Desert Mountain range, as well as encourage to the potential record of remains/products of these animals in areas far from their natural habitats.

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Hunter-Gatherer Mobility Strategies in the High Andes of Northern Chile during the Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene Transition (ca. 11,500–9500 CAL B.P.)

Cited by 27 publications

References 67 publications

The Dry Puna as an ecological megapatch and the peopling of South America: Technology, mobility, and the development of a late Pleistocene/early Holocene Andean hunter-gatherer tradition in northern Chile

The Dry Puna as an ecological megapatch and the peopling of South America: Technology, mobility, and the development of a late Pleistocene/early Holocene Andean hunter-gatherer tradition in northern Chile

Objetos "Misceláneos" Y Dinámicas Sociales en Contextos Cazadores Recolectores De La Precordillera De Arica, Extremo Norte De Chile

Social interaction between the coast and the highlands of Chile's arid north (20°S) during the mid‐Holocene: The case of Vicugna vicugna (Molina, 1782) and Hippocamelus antisensis (d'Orbigny, 1834)

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