La explotación de recursos faunísticos en el sitio Punta Santa Ana 1: estrategias de subsistencia de grupos de cazadores marinos tempranos de Patagonia meridional

Abstract

From the archaeozoological analysis of Punta Santa Ana 1 site and its integration with previously published results from other early marine hunter records of Patagonia, animal resource modalities and subsistence strategies are described and discussed for groups assigned to the Englefield cultural tradition that developed in Southern Patagonia between the V and III millennium before Christ. The application of economic utility indices, bone mineral density and the incorporation of other information sources, allowed discussing some characteristics of the assemblage of Englefield tradition sites that count with detailed archaeozoological information. The results allow us to propose at least two types of residential sites, from the intensity of use and pinniped consumption modalities. These set differentiations can have an explanation in mobility strategies and differentiated space use by the part of early marine hunter-gatherer groups.