Complementary spaces in marine littoral exploitation? A comparative study of rock shelter and shell middens occupations from the lower basin of the Deseado River, Argentine Patagonia

• Published in: The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology
• Main Author: Ambrustolo, Pablo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge
• Subjects: HUNTER-GATHERERS; MOBILITY; PATAGONIA; ROCK SHELTERS; SHELL MIDDENS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6; Argentina; Argentine; Pablo; Patagonia; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/149002

The archaeological record of the Province of Santa Cruz’s north Atlantic coast in Argentine Patagonia is represented mainly by middens. These shell middens are made up of the calcareous exoskeletons of mollusks, as well as skeletal remains of vertebrate fauna, lithic artifacts, and carbonized plant...