Loco or no Loco? Holocene Climatic Fluctuations, Human Demography, and Community Based Management of Coastal Resources in Northern Chile

Loco or no Loco? Holocene Climatic Fluctuations, Human Demography, and Community Based Management of Coastal Resources in Northern Chile

The abundance of the southern Pacific mollusk loco (Concholepas concholepas), among other conspicuous marine supplies, are often cited as critical resources behind the long-term cultural and demographic fluctuations of prehistoric hunter-gatherers in the coastal Atacama Desert. These societies inhab...

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Main Authors: Calogero M. Santoro, Eugenia M. Gayo, Chris Carter, Vivien G. Standen, Victoria Castro, Daniela Valenzuela, Ricardo De Pol-Holz, Pablo A. Marquet, Claudio Latorre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
marine diet
cultural resources management
prehistoric technology
Holocene climate
Atacama Desert
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2017.00077/full

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