Publisher Summary This chapter deals with the available archeological knowledge, building
a history of the peopling, the mobility of human groups and their relationship with the …

At the southern tip of South America, the archaeology of the Beagle Channel-Cape Horn
region documents a clear specialization on the exploitation of littoral and nearshore …

Previous studies revealed a high frequency of porotic hyperostosis in hunter-gatherer
populations from southern Patagonia. Nevertheless, the systematic recovery of new burials …

Shell-matrix sites are one of the most widespread archaeological deposits in the world. They
inform archaeologists about human adaptations to coastal environments, the evolution of …

Las dietas de los cazadores-recolectores costeros en Patagonia suelen caracterizarse
como predominantemente terrestres, marinas o mixtas. Esta clasificación puede no ser …

En este trabajo aportamos nuevos valores de 13C y 15N medidos sobre restos óseos
humanos procedentes del sector meridional de Tierra del Fuego. Estos resultados son …

The native groups of Patagonia have relied on a hunter-gatherer economy well after the first
Europeans and North Americans reached this part of the world. The large exploitation of …

Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego include contrasting environments and populations. Both
were settled more than 10,000 years ago, although the coastal resources were not …

The aims of this paper is threefold: 1) to explore the spatial and temporal variations in age-at-
death profiles of human remains from Southern Patagonia in order to test and discuss the …

Los nódulos de Schmorl (NS) son herniaciones del núcleo pulposo de los discos
intervertebrales dentro de los cuerpos vertebrales adyacentes. Las causas de su desarrollo …