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From the use of space to territorialisation during the Early Holocene in Taltal, coastal Atacama Desert, Chile

Salazar, Diego
[1]; 
Arenas, Camila
[1]; 
Andrade, Pedro
[2]; 
Olguin, Laura
[3]; 
[4]; 
Flores, Carola
[3]; 
Vargas, Gabriel
[1]; 
Rebolledo, Sandra
[5]; 
Borie, Cesar
[3]; 
Sandoval, Consuelo
[1]; 
Silva, Claudia
[6]; 
Delgado, Ayelen
[7]; 
Lira, Nicolas
[1]; 
Robles, Camilo
[8]
  • 1
    Universidad de Chile
  • 2
    Universidad de Concepcion
  • 3
    Universidad Catolica del Norte
  • 4
    Instituto de la Patagonia  
  • 5
    Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN)
  • 6
    Guillermo Franke 2318, Santiago, Chile
  • 7
    Ctr Estudios Arqueol & Hist Aiken
  • 8
    Ricardo Lyon 3177, Santiago, Chile
DOI
Date Issued
2018-4-20
Type
Artículo de conferencia
Journal
Quaternary International
ISSN
1040-6182
1873-4553
Open Access
closed
Volume
473
Start page
225
End page
241
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In this paper, we present recent data on Early Holocene human occupations from Taltal, in the coast of the Atacama Desert. We focus on evidences of mobility and subsistence economy, discussing the data in terms of a concept of territoriality adapted from cultural geographers working with hunting-gathering societies. We attempt to show that the Huentelauquen Cultural Complex, usually considered the earliest evidence of human occupation in the coast of northern Chile, exhibits an already consolidated territorialisation process. We question whether it represents the earliest phases of the peopling process or if such evidence are still lacking at a regional level. We try to go beyond the characterization of Huentelauquen Cultural Complex as an early maritime adaptation, understanding it as the earliest socioterritorial identity known to date for the Arid Coast of northern Chile. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.
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