Diversified human dietary strategies and settlement patterns in the core of the Atacama Desert during the late Pleistocene-Holocene transition (~12.8 – 11.2 ka)

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dc.contributor.authorLabarca Encina, Rafael Osvaldo
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-30T16:22:05Z
dc.date.available2026-01-30T16:22:05Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.description.abstractHunter-gatherers that spread after the Last Glacial Maximum, developed a wide range of strategies to cope with environments subject to major socio-ecological transformations. The Pampa del Tamarugal (PdT), in the hy-perarid core of the Atacama Desert, was tied to episodic regional positive hydroclimate anomalies (Central Andean Pluvial Events, CAPE), which enhanced bioproductivity and marked diversity of resources that trans-formed the basin into an ecological refuge, well suited for hunting small and medium-sized fauna, gathering plants and firewood, and procuring types of lithic raw materials for tool production. Two distinct settlement systems were developed along Quebrada Maní wetlands and Pampa Ramaditas floodplains in the PdT basin, where excavations have yielded well-dated zooarchaeological and archaeological assemblages. Quebrada Maní (ca. 12.8–11.2 ka) functioned a seasonal residential camp under the protection and fertility of wetland andwoodland. There, people captured, processed, and consumed a wide range of small and middle size fauna including rodents, birds, and guanacos. In contrast, at the slightly younger (ca. 12.4–11.3 ka) Pampa Ramaditas open riverine landscapes, people stablished short-term non-residential camps, consuming small game. We conclude that Pampa del Tamarugal played a key role in the early history of human dispersal and settlement in South America.
dc.description.funderAgencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID) de Chile
dc.fuente.origenSIPA
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jaa.2025.101742
dc.identifier.eissn1090-2686
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/107965
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Antropología; Labarca Encina, Rafael Osvaldo; 0000-0002-5791-5522; 1219111
dc.issue.numero101742
dc.language.isoen
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dc.pagina.final22
dc.pagina.inicio1
dc.revistaJournal of Anthropological Archaeology
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dc.subjectDietary strategies
dc.subjectMiddle and small-sized taxa
dc.subjectLogistic and residential settlement patterns
dc.subjectLate Pleistocene-Holocene transition
dc.subjectAtacama Desert
dc.subject.ddcCiencias de la tierra
dc.subject.ods15 Life on land
dc.subject.odspa15 Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
dc.titleDiversified human dietary strategies and settlement patterns in the core of the Atacama Desert during the late Pleistocene-Holocene transition (~12.8 – 11.2 ka)
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen81
sipa.codpersvinculados1219111
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