Cultural Diversity in Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene Populations in Northwest South America and Lower Central America
Year: 2007
Type: preprint
Abstract: Hunter-gatherer populations lived in wildly different geographic settings in the Americas and, not surprisingly, developed a wide range of subsistence, settlement and organizational patterns over time. This variability is evident even looking only at a restricted geographic area - Northwest South America and lower Central America. Distinctive cultural trajectories are already documented at the end of the Pleistocene in some localities, while others remain unexplored at this early period. This article summarizes these regional differences and attempts to account for them in terms of the environmental settings, changing climatic conditions, arrival of new populations and landscape domestication. © 2007 Archaeodiversity Research Group & Syllaba Press. All rights reserved Keywords: Lower Central America; Northwest South America; Hunter-gatherers; Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene; Cultural Diversity. Resumen Las poblaciones de cazadores recolectores vivieron en diferentes entornos geograficos en America y no es de extranar que desarrollaran amplios rangos de subsistencia, asentamiento y patrones de organizacion a traves del tiempo. Esta variabilidad es evidente incluso observando areas restringidas del Noroeste de Suramerica y baja Centroamerica. Para los periodos tempranos, distintas trayectorias culturales han sido documentadas al final del Pleistoceno en algunas localidades, mientras otras permanecen inexploradas. Este articulo resume estas diferencias regionales y busca dar explicaciones en terminos de contextos ambientales, cambios en las condiciones climaticas, arribo de nuevas poblaciones y domesticacion de paisajes. © 2007 Archaeodiversity Research Group & Syllaba Press. All rights reserved
Source: SSRN Electronic Journal
Authors: Anthony J. Ranere, Carlos E. López
Institutions: Temple University, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2256339482