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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      14 February 2024
      29 February 2024
      ISBN:
      9780511993251
      9780521768214
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9780511993251
      Dimensions:
      (254 x 177 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.85kg, 336 Pages
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      • Series:
      Cambridge World Archaeology
      Subjects:
      Archaeology of The Americas, Area Studies, Latin American Studies, Archaeological Theory and Methods, American Studies, Asian Studies, Archaeology
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    Archaeology of The Americas, Area Studies, Latin American Studies, Archaeological Theory and Methods, American Studies, Asian Studies, Archaeology
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    In this book, Gustavo G. Politis and Luis A. Borrero explore the archaeology and ethnography of the indigenous people who inhabited Argentina's Pampas and the Patagonia region from the end of the Pleistocene until the 20th century. Offering a history of the nomadic foragers living in the harsh habitats of the South America's Southern Cone, they provide detailed account of human adaptations to a range of environmental and social conditions. The authors show how the region's earliest inhabitants interacted with now-extinct animals as they explored and settled the vast open prairies and steppes of the region until they occupied most of its available habitats. They also trace technological advances, including the development of pottery, the use of bows and arrows, and horticulture. Making new research and data available for the first time, Politis and Borrero's volume demonstrates how geographical variation in the Southern Cone generated diverse adaptation strategies.

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    ‘This impressively researched, well-executed achievement provides up-to-date research and current interpretations, making calibrated radiocarbon dates and isotopic studies of diet available for the first time … Essential.’

    C. C. Kolb Source: CHOICE

    ‘… essential reading for scholars and students interested in what happened there between 14 000 years ago and the nineteenth century.’

    Luciano Prates Source: Antiquity

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