To what extent is it realistic and useful to view human history as a sequence of changes from
highly vulnerable societies of hunters and gatherers through periods with less vulnerable …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the history of study and the current status of Mid-
Holocene climatic and cultural change in the South Central Andes, which host a wide range …

Large anthropogenic 14C datasets are widely used to generate summed probability
distributions (SPDs) as a proxy for past human population levels. However, SPDs are a poor …

In the High Andes, much of the traditional knowledge related to natural resource utilization
and agricultural practices was lost with the arrival of the Spaniards. That which has survived …

Through a richly detailed examination of the practices of spinning yarn from the fleece of
llamas and alpacas, Earth, Water, Fleece and Fabric explores the relationship that herders …

Multiple dynamics produce the ecological present. For the past 30 years or more, in the
southern Atacama salt pan (Salar) in northern Chile, extractive industries have been …

The study of South American camelids and their domestication is a highly debated topic in
zooarchaeology. Identifying the domestic species (alpaca and llama) in archaeological sites …

En este trabajo sintetizamos la información resultante de dos años de investigaciones en el
desierto de Atacama y área andina adyacente (Latitud 21-26 S) en el marco de un proyecto …

Por varios años, los autores se dedicaron a acompañar las experiencias de las mujeres
peruanas que viven, transitan y trabajan entre las ciudades fronterizas de Arica (Chile) y …

Paleoenvironmental data from the Atacama Altiplano (21°–24° S) indicate that water,
vegetation and animal resources were more abundant during lateglacial and early …