Late Holocene guanaco hunting grounds in southern Patagonia: blinds, tactics and differential landscape use

Research in two distinct steppe landscapes in southern Patagonia-the western basaltic plateaux and the central Deseado Massif-compares hunter-gatherer strategies in the two environments, focusing on the use of hunting blinds and associated tactics in the hunting of guanaco. The evidence obtained bri...

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Autores: Belardi, Juan Bautista, Carballo Marina, Flavia, Madrid, Patricia Elena Emilia, Barrientos, Gustavo, Campan, Patricia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/87328
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/87328
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Antropología
Argentina
guanaco
hunting blinds
hunting strategy
Late Holocene
Patagonia
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Sumario:Research in two distinct steppe landscapes in southern Patagonia-the western basaltic plateaux and the central Deseado Massif-compares hunter-gatherer strategies in the two environments, focusing on the use of hunting blinds and associated tactics in the hunting of guanaco. The evidence obtained brings this region into discussions about the use of rocky structures and the recognition of tactics used for hunting ungulates in a global perspective. The authors also emphasise the importance of highland settings as major and reliable sources of critical resources for foraging peoples, a topic still not fully appreciated in archaeological studies of hunter-gatherers.