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Summer Camps Location and Distribution of Archaeological Sites in North Neuquén (Northwest Patagonia)

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  • Sergio L. D’Abramo
  • Virginia A. Cobos
  • S. Ivan Perez
  • Valeria Bernal

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We study the bioclimatic and landscape characteristics of summer camps of modern transhumant herders from North Neuquén to generate a distribution model of upland areas suitable for herding and project their spatial distribution throughout the Holocene. With this aim, we analyzed ethnographic, bioclimatic and landscape data using habitat suitability models. The location of different types of archaeological sites was then compared with the projected models. The results for the current data show that the bioclimatic variables have a central role in determining the location of summer camp areas, showing a better capacity of explanation than the solely use of landscape variables as altitude. The projection of the bioclimatic model into the past showed significant temporal and spatial variation, although the archaeological sites are consistently localised in the limit between annually available and summer areas. For the Late Holocene, burial and rock art sites are mainly placed in areas available annually and in areas characterised as summer camps, respectively. Our findings show the usefulness of studying the ways of life and use of space of modern transhumant herders as a valid resource to generate hypotheses or expectations about the distribution of the archaeological sites from the same region.

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  • Sergio L. D’Abramo & Virginia A. Cobos & S. Ivan Perez & Valeria Bernal, 2024. "Summer Camps Location and Distribution of Archaeological Sites in North Neuquén (Northwest Patagonia)," Environmental Archaeology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(4), pages 281-294, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:yenvxx:v:29:y:2024:i:4:p:281-294
    DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2021.2019534
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