Archaeology of the South Coast of Tierra del Fuego

This book brings together recent results of extensive and varied archaeological, stable isotope and ancient DNA research from the south coast of Tierra del Fuego and carefully integrates them with earlier archaeological, ethnographical and paleoenvironmental works in the region. Fuegian societies have fascinated travelers, naturalists and scientists during the last two centuries. The chapters analyze and review data on demographic trends, the trophic relations between human and faunal communities in ancient food webs and population genetics, providing a comprehensive picture of the huntergatherer history in the Fuegian Andes.

During the last decade, new perspectives and methodologies in archaeological research have taken place in the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego. Now, new results are emerging on the long-term interaction between human and coastal ecosystems. This book attempts to tell this state of the art in a comprehensive and approachable manner. In this sense, the book synthesizes current research that will be accessible to students and professionals alike.

Provides new perspectives and methodologies in coastal archaeological research Brings together the results of the long-term interaction between human and coastal ecosystems First comprehensive account of the archaeology of the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction: Hunter-gatherers in the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.- Chapter 2. Coastal settlements and chronology: Modeling social dynamics in time.- Chapter 3. Subsistence patterns in the southern coast of the Fuegian Andes: a comparative analysis of the faunal exploitation strategies during the Holocene.- Chapter 4. Anthropogenic deposits, short-term shellfishing impact and human mobility in the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego.- Chapter 5. The ecological niche of hunter-gatherers from the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego: An isotopic perspective to connect archaeology and historical ecology.- Chapter 6. Human evolution in Tierra del Fuego. From Archaeology to population genetics.- Chapter 7. Expanding scales in the human history of the Fuegian Andes.