Social Trajectories of Hunter-Gatherer Societies in Central Argentina: Exploration and Colonization of a Desert Landscape, La Pampa Province, Argentina

Berón, Mónica Alejandra; Aizpitarte, Manuel Pedro Carrera; Páez, Florencia Natalín

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“…Indeed, significant human changes were also registered in adjacent regions, north of Patagonia by this time (e.g. Barberena et al, 2018;Berón et al, 2021). An evaluation of georeferenced archeological radiocarbon dates from the whole of Patagonia indicates a continuous-Late-Holocene demographic increase reaching its maximum around 1000 CE, when new spaces were incorporated in the human mobility system (García Guraieb et al, 2019;Perez et al, 2016), as expected after an "effective occupation" phase (Borrero, 1994).…”

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Disentangling the Medieval Climatic Anomaly in Patagonia and its impact on human societies

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This paper revises paleoenvironmental data from Patagonia (southern South America) to discuss the occurrence, characteristics, and human impact of the Medieval Climatic Anomaly (MCA). The analysis of continuous paleoenvironmental archives with multidecadal-to-centennial resolution is based on a quality assessment regarding data interpretation, chronological control, and time range adequacy within the MCA lapse. After applying this three-stepped quality filters on the total dataset ( N = 48), 18 cases can accurately be ascribed to the MCA. Except for two sites indicating wetter conditions, these records show dry and/or warm conditions between ca. 750 and 1350 CE (core period at ca. 800–1200 CE). Even though MCA records come mostly from forests and forest-steppe ecotones, all previous archeological hypotheses about the MCA effects on past hunter-gatherers were proposed for the steppes, particularly in southern sectors, thus requiring an assessment of the source of the signal, their synchronicity and causality between human-environmental processes. In the southern steppe, paleoenvironmental records partially overlapping with the MCA time window actually show a predominance of wet conditions between 47° and 50° S, whereas a generalized aridity is recorded in southern tip of the continental Patagonia between 51° and 52° S. Thus, a complex scenario of landscape fragmentation can be supported in the southern steppes during the MCA, produced not only by enhanced aridity in dry environments, but also because of the presence of wet and more resilient areas. This landscape heterogeneity must be considered to deepen the understanding of behavioral changes contemporaneous to the MCA. However, a scenario of demographic growth suggested around 1000 CE for the entire Patagonia could have promoted human changes similar to those expected for the MCA. Finally, no-archeological discussions linked to the MCA were developed for forest regions, despite their robust paleoenvironmental records, implying that changes in proxy data might not have necessarily involved important environmental changes.

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“…En las últimas décadas las investigaciones arqueológicas en el centro-sur de la provincia de La Pampa han generado una cantidad de información sin precedentes sobre los procesos culturales del pasado (Berón, 2013;Berón et al, 2021). Nuevas metodologías y especialidades comenzaron a ser utilizadas para profundizar el conocimiento de los modos de vida de los grupos sociales prehispánicos que transitaron el actual territorio pampeano durante el Holoceno.…”

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“…Nuevas metodologías y especialidades comenzaron a ser utilizadas para profundizar el conocimiento de los modos de vida de los grupos sociales prehispánicos que transitaron el actual territorio pampeano durante el Holoceno. El registro bioarqueológico ha sido uno de los indicadores clave para comprender el proceso de poblamiento del centro-sur de la Pampa al menos desde el Holoceno Medio, a partir de enterratorios humanos en dos sectores, Casa de Piedra 1 y Cerro de Los Viejos (Gradin et al, 1984;Berón et al, 2021) Desde la bioarqueología, se generó una importante batería de información a partir del análisis de temas relacionados al comportamiento mortuorio (Berón y Luna, 2007;Berón et al, 2012;Carrera Aizpitarte et al, 2013;Berón, 2018;Lucero, 2018), paleopatología (Luna et al, 2008), salud y enfermedad (Diana, 2010;Luna y Aranda, 2018;González, 2019), estructura demográfica (Luna, 2008), deformaciones craneanas (Berón y Baffi, 2003;, paleodieta y paleomovilidad a partir de la evaluación de señales isotópicas (Berón et al, , 2013Barberena et al, 2018). No obstante, estos análisis fueron abordados principalmente desde un enfoque poblacional.…”

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CLV3, una inhumación del Holoceno tardío inicial en el Cerro de los Viejos (departamento Caleu Caleu, provincia de La Pampa)

Lucero,

Berón

2023

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El proceso de poblamiento del centro-sur de la Pampa Occidental presenta señales débiles y dispersas durante el Holoceno Temprano, mayor incidencia humana durante el Holoceno Medio y un proceso de colonización progresivo a partir del Holoceno Tardío inicial. El registro bioarqueológico ha sido uno de los indicadores más claros de este proceso. En este trabajo se presenta la Osteobiografía de un enterratorio denominado CLV3, recuperado en la Localidad Arqueológica Cerro de Los Viejos (SE de La Pampa), cuyo fechado es 3410±20 años AP. Se trata de un individuo masculino, adulto, que gozó de un buen estado de salud. Su estilo de vida implicó estrés mecánico moderado y se destaca el uso intensivo del aparato masticatorio. El mismo tuvo una residencia local, una dieta terrestre, y presenta deformación craneana de tipo circular. Las características de CLV3 reflejan patrones sociales y culturales registrados también en la escala macrorregional.

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20 Years Is Nothing. Revisiting Tapera Moreira Archaeological Locality, Province of La Pampa, Argentina

Berón,

Aizpitarte,

Paez

et al. 2024

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Social Trajectories of Hunter-Gatherer Societies in Central Argentina: Exploration and Colonization of a Desert Landscape, La Pampa Province, Argentina

Cited by 4 publications

References 58 publications

Disentangling the Medieval Climatic Anomaly in Patagonia and its impact on human societies

Disentangling the Medieval Climatic Anomaly in Patagonia and its impact on human societies

CLV3, una inhumación del Holoceno tardío inicial en el Cerro de los Viejos (departamento Caleu Caleu, provincia de La Pampa)

20 Years Is Nothing. Revisiting Tapera Moreira Archaeological Locality, Province of La Pampa, Argentina

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