THE PLEISTOCENE–HOLOCENE TRANSITION AND HUMAN OCCUPATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN CONE OF SOUTH AMERICA

The archaeology of the Pleistocene–Holocene Transition in the Pampas and Fuego-Patagonia is analyzed in light of the results obtained at recently excavated archaeological sites. These sites offer detailed artifactual, faunistic, chronological, and paleoecological information. Results from paleoecological research performed off site are also presented. Changes in climate, vegetation, and faunal composition are recorded, but the archaeological assemblages do not exhibit any clear-cut correspondent changes.