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Different(ial) Human Use of Coastal Landscapes: Archaeological Contexts, Chronology, and Assemblages of El Teniente Bay (31° S, Chile, South America)

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  • César Méndez

    (Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia, José de Moraleda 16, Coyhaique 5951369, Chile
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Amalia Nuevo-Delaunay

    (Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia, José de Moraleda 16, Coyhaique 5951369, Chile
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Sebastián Grasset

    (Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia, José de Moraleda 16, Coyhaique 5951369, Chile
    Departmento de Prehistoria, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Antonio Maldonado

    (Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas, Universidad de La Serena, Raúl Bitrán 1305, La Serena 1720256, Chile)

  • Roxana Seguel

    (Centro Nacional de Conservación y Restauración, Servicio Nacional del Patrimonio Cultural, Recoleta 683, Santiago 8420260, Chile)

  • Andrés Troncoso

    (Departamento de Antropología, Universidad de Chile, Av. Capitán Ignacio Carrera Pinto 1045, Ñuñoa, Santiago 7800284, Chile)

  • Claudia Talep

    (Independent Researcher, Camino La Montaña km 13, Teno 3360000, Chile)

  • Daniela Villalón

    (Independent Researcher, Padre Alonso de Ovalle 840, apt. 608, Santiago 8330182, Chile)

Abstract

Coastal landscapes of the Pacific coast of South America are regarded as bountiful biomes, as they are zones on the fringes of Eastern Boundary Upwelling Ecosystems. Cumulative research shows an almost uninterrupted presence of mobile hunter-fisher-gatherer communities throughout the Holocene in North-Central Chile (29°–32° S). However, local-scale differences reveal the variability that is concealed by this broad characterization. Recent research in El Teniente Bay (31° S) shows few sites and occupations suggestive of low occupational redundancy as well as reduced archaeological assemblages, indicating limited activities in this landscape. However, several occupations date to the middle Holocene, a period when discontinuities in human occupations in response to adverse environmental conditions have been suggested on regional and supraregional scales. The main occupations detected at El Teniente are interpreted as a response to such conditions and in the context of changes in land use. Despite the spottiness of the archaeological record of El Teniente Bay, it is important in terms of its chronology and the differing trends in the use of space in comparison to other areas that have been the focuses of research. This paper addresses the archaeological record of El Teniente Bay and discusses its implications for human land use in the wider area of the coast of North-Central Chile.

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  • César Méndez & Amalia Nuevo-Delaunay & Sebastián Grasset & Antonio Maldonado & Roxana Seguel & Andrés Troncoso & Claudia Talep & Daniela Villalón, 2021. "Different(ial) Human Use of Coastal Landscapes: Archaeological Contexts, Chronology, and Assemblages of El Teniente Bay (31° S, Chile, South America)," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-25, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:10:y:2021:i:6:p:577-:d:565543
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    2. Patricio Winckler Grez & Catalina Aguirre & Laura Farías & Manuel Contreras-López & Ítalo Masotti, 2020. "Correction to: Evidence of climate-driven changes on atmospheric, hydrological, and oceanographic variables along the Chilean coastal zone," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 163(4), pages 2265-2265, December.
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