The use of fire constitutes an essential cultural adaptation to cold, and archaeological
evidence for fire can be expected in high-latitude and high-elevation regions successfully …

This article presents the results of excavations at the Infieles-1 site, located at 3529 masl in
the Salar de Infieles (25° S), highlands of the Chile's southern Puna ecoregion. An initial …

As obligate tool users, humans habitually reconfigure resource distributions on landscapes.
Such resource restructuring would have played a nontrivial role in shaping hunter-gatherer …

The rheological properties and microstructure of dairy gels involve the connectivity between
milk fat globules (MFG) and casein micelles that is affected by technological processes such …

This paper analyses the importance of the South Central Andean High Puna megapatch,
above 4000 masl, in the history of late Pleistocene exploration and colonization of the …

This article presents the results of the interdisciplinary investigation in Quebrada Pedernales
(26° S-69° W, Chile 3456 masl), in the highlands of northern Chile. The excavations and …

The European conquest of the New World produced major socio-environmental
reorganization in the Americas, but for many specific regions and ecosystems, we still do not …

We present a detailed geomorphological characterisation of the Caracota Valley (18° 49′ S
69° 11′ W, 4200–4600 m) in the western Altiplano of Northern Chile. A complex pattern of …

We report results from geoarchaeological investigations at Cuncaicha rock shelter (4480 m
above sea level) in the high Andes of southern Peru. Using field observations …

Pastoralism and camelid management are traditionally attributed to the sociopolitical,
economic and cosmovision of Andean populations, rather than to lowland hunter gatherer …