Radiocarbon dates and anthropogenic signal in the South-Central Andes (12,500–600 cal. years BP)
| Autor: | Hernán Juan Muscio, Gabriel E. J. López |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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SOUTH-CENTRAL ANDES
Historia y Arqueología 010506 paleontology Archeology Provenance Taphonomy Growth phase 01 natural sciences Frequency Historia law.invention HUMANIDADES Paleontology law 0601 history and archaeology Radiocarbon dating ANTHROPOGENIC SIGNAL 0105 earth and related environmental sciences geography geography.geographical_feature_category 060102 archaeology Subsistence agriculture 06 humanities and the arts Volcano Physical geography ANTHROPOGENIC SIGNAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEMOGRAPHY Geology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Archaeological Science. 65:93-102 |
| ISSN: | 0305-4403 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jas.2015.11.007 |
| Popis: | This paper presents the analysis of the anthropogenic signal documented by four time-series in the highlands of the South-Central Andes (Puna of Argentina and North Chile) spanning the period between 12,500 and 600 cal years BP. Our goal is to extract demographic and occupational histories from temporaldata. In this way, based upon the full radiocarbon dataset and the sites of provenance of the dates, we built the following time-series: the summed probability distribution of calibrated ages; the relative frequency of calibrated ages; the relative frequency of sites per unit of time; and the frequency of new sites per unit of time. For controlling the effects of site destruction on the anthropogenic signal, we used the exponential model as well as the volcanic empirical model of taphonomic bias. The four time-seriescoincide in showing a regional pattern with a phase of low and fluctuating demography of relative long term duration, followed by an growth phase well evident at 5000 cal BP in a context the economic intensification. The long-term demographic success of the hunter-gatherers in the highlands manymillennia before the consolidation of food production exemplifies the flexibility of this mode of subsistence for achieving human adaptation to extreme selective environments as the Puna Fil: Muscio, Hernán Juan. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Arqueología; Argentina Fil: Lopez, Gabriel Eduardo Jose. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Arqueología; Argentina |
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