What Happened during the Mid-Holocene in Arid Western Argentina?

Abstract

García (2010) states, as we recently proposed, that the environmental changes originating during the mid-Holocene had a significant impact on various aspects of human occupation in western Argentina between 32 and 38S (Neme and Gil 2009). However, he offers some observations about our model. His critique points to the representativeness of the archaeological record that we use and of our interpretation of the observed trends in terms of human adaptive strategies. We appreciate the opportunity that Current Anthropology gives us to respond to these remarks.