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 …

In Uruguay, evidence of early human occupation comes from different archaeological
regions, including the Basin of Uruguay and Cuareim Rivers, Basin of Negro mid River, and …

The time of appearance of a persistent and demographically-viable hunter-gatherer
population in late Pleistocene southern South America must be determined by evaluating …

The process of the initial human exploration and colonization of Fuego-Patagonia was
probably one of a slow filling in of empty spaces. The available information, coming mostly …

This paper discusses basic tendencies in the characteristics of the early archaeological
record corresponding to human occupation near the eastern flank of the Andean range, at …

Here I consider the evidence for the interactions of humans and South American late
Pleistocene megafauna, a subject not usually covered in much detail in general …

The settlement of Patagonia has been the subject of extensive research, although key
questions about the timing of arrival of the first humans and the subsequent patterns of …

Human subsistence systems in the Pampa and Patagonia regions evolved from generalists
during the Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene to specialists during the Middle Holocene …

La transición Pleistoceno/Holoceno fue un tiempo crítico ambiental en el cual se produjo la
dispersión humana del último continente en ser poblado, América del Sur. Los primeros …

In order to find out about and discuss the peopling of the Americas, there is evidence that
comes from a range of scientific disciplines. In archaeology, stone tool vestiges are one of …