Late Pleistocene subsistence and settlement during the initial human colonization of southern South America: Faunal evidence of Cueva Lago Sofía 1 and Tres Arroyos 1, southern Patagonia

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dc.contributor.authorLabarca Encina, Rafael Osvaldo
dc.contributor.authorPrieto, Alfredo
dc.contributor.authorMassone, Mauricio
dc.date.accessioned2025-12-18T17:59:56Z
dc.date.available2025-12-18T17:59:56Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractArcheological findings in central and southern Patagonia indicate that highly mobile hunter-gatherers swiftly settled in the cold and treeless late-Pleistocene steppes as early as 13 000 cal a BP. In southern Patagonia, the faunal assemblages from these initial sites have helped clarify taxonomic issues, explore the timing of megafaunal extinction, and reconstruct the paleoecological dynamics involving extinct and extant taxa and humans. Nonetheless, essential aspects such as subsistence strategies and the mobility of these early inhabitants have been less thoroughly studied. This paper offers a detailed zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis of the faunal remains from late Pleistocene archeological sites Cueva Lago Sof & iacute;a 1 in the & Uacute;ltima Esperanza area and Tres Arroyos 1 rock shelter in northern Tierra del Fuego. We identified at least 17 taxa, including both extinct and living species; taphonomic evidence suggests that Canidae and Camelidae were the primary groups exploited. Extinct taxa probably served as supplementary resources. We propose that Cueva Lago Sof & iacute;a 1 functioned as a logistic camp for animal processing, while the faunal evidence from Tres Arroyos 1 aligns with a small base camp that was recurrently occupied. The results are compared with other contemporary sites in Patagonia and discussed in the context of human exploration models and spatial usage proposed for the region
dc.description.funderANID/FONDECYT; Folio de beca: 1070709
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dc.identifier.doi10.1002/jqs.70039
dc.identifier.eissn1099-1417
dc.identifier.issn0267-8179
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.70039
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/107448
dc.identifier.wosid001633951100001
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Antropología; Labarca Encina, Rafael Osvaldo; 0000-0002-5791-5522; 1219111
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido parcial
dc.revistaJOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectHunter–gatherers
dc.subjectLate Pleistocene
dc.subjectSubsistence
dc.subjectZooarchaeology
dc.subject.ddc900
dc.titleLate Pleistocene subsistence and settlement during the initial human colonization of southern South America: Faunal evidence of Cueva Lago Sofía 1 and Tres Arroyos 1, southern Patagonia
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sipa.codpersvinculados1219111
sipa.trazabilidadORCID;2025-12-15
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