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Hakenasa Cave and its relevance for the peopling of the southern Andean Altiplano

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2011

Daniela Osorio ,
Donald Jackson ,
Paula C. Ugalde ,
Claudio Latorre ,
Ricardo De Pol-Holz  and
Calogero M. Santoro
Daniela Osorio
Affiliation:
1Departamento de Antropología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Chile, Av. Capitán Ignacio Carrera Pinto 1025, Santiago, Chile (Email: [email protected]; [email protected])
Donald Jackson
Affiliation:
1Departamento de Antropología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Chile, Av. Capitán Ignacio Carrera Pinto 1025, Santiago, Chile (Email: [email protected]; [email protected])
Paula C. Ugalde
Affiliation:
2Centro de Investigaciones del Hombre en el Desierto, Av. General Velásquez 1775, Of. 403, Arica, Chile
Claudio Latorre
Affiliation:
3CASEB/Departamento de Ecología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Avda. Libertado Bernado O'Higgins 340, Santiago, Chile; Institute of Ecology & Biodiversity, University of Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile (Email: [email protected])
Ricardo De Pol-Holz
Affiliation:
4Departamento Oceanografía, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Barrio Universitario s/n, Concepción, Chile; Earth System Science Department, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA (Email: [email protected])
Calogero M. Santoro
Affiliation:
2Centro de Investigaciones del Hombre en el Desierto, Av. General Velásquez 1775, Of. 403, Arica, Chile 5Instituto de Alta Investigación, Departamento de Antropología, Universidad de Tarapacá, General Velásquez # 1775, Arica, Chile (Author for correspondence, email: [email protected])
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Researchers in the High Andes in northern Chile report the study of a fine cave sequence, supported by 19 radiocarbon dates. The initial occupation at c. 11 500 cal BP represents the earliest human occupation known at this altitude. The toolkit suggests a hunting (logistical) camp used to take advantage of the animals gathering in the rich wetland of the neighbourhood.

Keywords

ChileAndesAltiplanoLate Pleistocene11500 BPlogistical camplithic analyses
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Antiquity , Volume 85 , Issue 330 , December 2011 , pp. 1194 - 1208
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 2011

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