Pioneer Population Nodes in Southern Patagonian Lands
Borrero, Luis Alberto
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Journal
One World Archaeology
ISSN
2625-865X
2625-8641
Open Access
closed
Start page
159
End page
183
The process of human peopling of Fuego-Patagonia was probably complex, with important temporal gaps and spatial discontinuities in the distribution of early sites, resulting in a patchy archaeological record of variable age. Three occupational nodes are recognized in the southern portion of Patagonia, the Pali Aike Lava Field, Última Esperanza and North of Tierra del Fuego, all presenting human evidences tightly constrained between 12,839 and 11,434 calibrated years before present (Cal BP). We discuss the availability of productive land before the arrival of humans at each of those nodes as well as the connectivity among them and with other nodes located north of the Santa Cruz river.