Título : The initial peopling of South American Plains: An overview on Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene settlers in Uruguay
Autor(es) : Suárez, Rafael
Volarich, Jenny
Melián, Julia
Fecha de publicación : 8-feb-2023
Tipo de publicación: Artículo
Versión: Aceptado
Publicado por: Elsevier
Publicado en: L'Anthropologie
Areas del conocimiento : Humanidades
Historia y Arqueología
Arqueología
Otros descriptores : Peopling of South America
Technological change
Cultural diversity
Paleoamerican points
Social prestige
Uruguayan plains
Resumen : This paper reviews more than 20 years of research about the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene occupations of the Uruguayan plains. The aim of this synthesis is to provide an overview of the available information related to early human peopling of Uruguay. Here, we focus on the main issues discussed over the last two decades: early sites characterization and chronology, human response to climate change, cultural diversity, occupations patterns, mobility and technology. The systematic and continuous efforts made have provided new data and new perspectives regarding the earliest human occupations of the region. We have defined an archaeological complex landscape and ongoing research strategy is based on the three main types of site that compose it: residential camps, cave and rock shelters, and raw material sources. This has allowed us to expand and improve our understanding of the record. The new research and data provided by these sites have led us to propose a settlement model for the region and the period. A cultural diversity has been evidenced through in-depth studies of stratified archaeological sites, cultural sequence, a solid chronological database and lithic technology. Finally, we advance in the characterization of objects of social prestige among hunter-gatherers who occupied the plains during the end of the Pleistocene in Southeastern South America.
URI / Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12381/3627
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anthro.2023.103120
Institución responsable del proyecto: Universidad de la República. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación
Financiadores: Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación
Identificador ANII: FCE_1_2021_166543
Nivel de Acceso: Acceso embargado
Fin del embargo: 2025-02-08
Licencia CC: Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 4.0 Internacional. (CC BY-NC-ND)
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