Human Occupation during the Mid-Holocene in Western Argentina

Abstract

As suggested by Neme and Gil (2009), the environmental changes during the mid-Holocene must have stimulated important changes in certain aspects of the human occupation in the western portion of Argentina between 32° and 38°S latitude. Nonetheless, the database used and the hypotheses proposed to explain the chronological hiatus -low density of sites, low demography, and high mobility- lead to some reflections.