Ocupaciones humanas y cambio a lo largo del holoceno en abrigos rocosos de la puna de salta, Argentina: Una perspectiva regional

Abstract

This paper analyzes and discusses the processes of change that occurred throughout the Holocene in the use of fauna and lithic technology in two rock shelters in the Puna of Salta, Northwest of Argentina. Synthesized archaeological data is compared from both sites considered here, Alero Cuevas and Abrigo Pozo Cavado, located in the basins of Pastos Grandes and Pocitos respectively. Both sites have long sequences of human occupation throughout the Holocene. The theoretical framework is ecological evolutionary and methodology draws from zooarchaeological and lithic studies. The results indicate the most significant economic and technological changes are evident from the end of the middle Holocene and continue during the late Holocene, while developing regional variation. In general, these sites provide new archaeological evidence allowing a deeper discussion of the processes of change that occurred during the Holocene in the South-Central Andes. © junio 2012. Aceptado: junio 2013.