NUEVOS DATOS DE LA OCUPACIÓN HUMANA EN LA TRANSICIÓN BOSQUE ESTEPA EN PATAGONIA: ALERO LAS QUEMAS (COMUNA DE LAGO VERDE, XI REGIÓN DE AISÉN).

Abstract

The following article refers to the characterization of the lithic assemblage of Las Quemas site (Cisnes river valley, Aisén region, 44o S) and its first radiocarbon date. This site is a cave with rock art, located in the forest-steppe transition that was first excavated in 1996 by Francisco Mena. The materials have been approached in the context of a greater discussion related to the dispersion and occupation of different environments (ever green woods, deciduous woods and steppe) by steppe hunter gatherers in central Patagonia.