Long-Term Interaction between Hunter-Gatherer-Fisher Societies and Marine Resources in the Southern Tip of South America Applications of Stable Isotopes in Zooarchaeology

Along the southern coast of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, native populations thrived as marine hunter-gatherers. Written sources called these inhabitants of the Beagle Channel Yámana or Yaghan, and depicted them traveling in canoes and capturing diverse fauna, including pinnipeds, fish, birds, gu...

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Published inIsotope Research in Zooarchaeology p. 15
Main Authors Atilio Francisco J. Zangrando, Sayuri Kochi, Jonathan W. Nye, Augusto Tessone, Luciana Riccialdelli, Angélica M. Tivoli, María Paz Martinoli, Suray A. Pérez, Marilyn L. Fogel
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LanguageEnglish
Published University Press of Florida 15.11.2022
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Summary:Along the southern coast of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, native populations thrived as marine hunter-gatherers. Written sources called these inhabitants of the Beagle Channel Yámana or Yaghan, and depicted them traveling in canoes and capturing diverse fauna, including pinnipeds, fish, birds, guanacos, and mollusks. However, this lifestyle, observed by travelers and ethnographers, faced major impacts since the time of European contact. With respect to high-rank resources in the area, hunters decimated pinniped colonies during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (Bonner 1981; Carrara 1952; Orquera 2002); later, the establishment of missions and the introduction of livestock altered mobility patterns
ISBN:0813069416
9780813069418
DOI:10.2307/j.ctv2zx9q60.6