Abstract

Processes of diversification, intensification and domestication during the holocene in the highlands north of Argentina and Chile: contributions from the puna of Salta. Comechingonia [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.2, pp.95-116. ISSN 1851-0027.

Intensification, domestication and diversification processes on the use of the camelids in the Puna of Salta (ca 10000 - 3500 BP) are comparatively analyzed and discussed in this article considering different areas from the highlands of the Northwest of Argentina and North of Chile. Thus, archaeofaunal and lithic information is integrated to the study of these processes. Results highlight the occurrence of changes during the Middle Holocene and especially in the end of the Middle Holocene. The archaeofaunal evidence exhibits the presence of domesticated camelids and an increase in sub-adult camelid frequency throughout the Holocene. In relation to lithic assemblages, an increment in projectile point classes and the proliferation of blade technology are recorded

Keywords : Highlands of North of Argentina and Chile; Intensification; Domestication; Diversification; Archaeofauna; Lithic technology.

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