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This article focuses on local paleohydrological changes experienced by the Las Pitas and Miriguaca Rivers in the south-central Andes of Argentina and their impacts on hunter-gatherers as they transitioned to food-producing communities 7000–3000 cal. yr B.P. Paleoenvironmental reconstruction based on geomorphology, alluvial sedimentology, and diatom evidence indicates a dry phase of reduced streamflow between ca. 6700 and 4800 cal. yr B.P. for the Las Pitas River, and 6600 and 3000 cal. yr B.P. for the Miriguaca River. A phase of more humid environmental conditions commenced after ca. 4900 cal. yr B.P. along the Las Pitas River, and after 3000 cal. yr B.P. along the Miriguaca River. Differences in the chronology and magnitude of hydrological changes along both rivers are related to topographic and hydrological characteristics of their respective watersheds. Higher catchment elevation and enhanced orographic precipitation favored greater sensitivity for the Las Pitas River to short humid events during the middle-to-late Holocene. The archaeological evidence suggests that the paleohydrological changes within these catchments played a significant role in human occupational dynamics such that the Las Pitas River offered better environmental conditions for human occupation relative to the Miriguaca River as foragers increasingly relied on plant and animal domestication. Copyright © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Título:Paleohydrological Changes in Highland Desert Rivers and Human Occupation, 7000-3000 Cal. Yr B.P., South-Central Andes, Argentina
Autor:Grana, L.; Tchilinguirian, P.; Hocsman, S.; Escola, P.; Maidana, N.I.
Filiación:Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Catamarca (CONICET-UNCA), San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, Catamarca, Argentina
Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano (CONICET-UBA), Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Instituto Superior de Estudios Sociales (CONICET-UNT)—Instituto de Arqueología y Museo (FCNeIML-UNT), San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina
Laboratorio de Diatomeas continentales, DBBE (FCEyN-UBA); IBBEA (UBA-CONICET), Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Año:2016
Volumen:31
Número:5
Página de inicio:412
Página de fin:433
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gea.21559
Título revista:Geoarchaeology
Título revista abreviado:Geoarchaeology
ISSN:08836353
CODEN:GEOAE
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_08836353_v31_n5_p412_Grana

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Grana, L., Tchilinguirian, P., Hocsman, S., Escola, P. & Maidana, N.I. (2016) . Paleohydrological Changes in Highland Desert Rivers and Human Occupation, 7000-3000 Cal. Yr B.P., South-Central Andes, Argentina. Geoarchaeology, 31(5), 412-433.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gea.21559
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Grana, L., Tchilinguirian, P., Hocsman, S., Escola, P., Maidana, N.I. "Paleohydrological Changes in Highland Desert Rivers and Human Occupation, 7000-3000 Cal. Yr B.P., South-Central Andes, Argentina" . Geoarchaeology 31, no. 5 (2016) : 412-433.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gea.21559
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Grana, L., Tchilinguirian, P., Hocsman, S., Escola, P., Maidana, N.I. "Paleohydrological Changes in Highland Desert Rivers and Human Occupation, 7000-3000 Cal. Yr B.P., South-Central Andes, Argentina" . Geoarchaeology, vol. 31, no. 5, 2016, pp. 412-433.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gea.21559
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Grana, L., Tchilinguirian, P., Hocsman, S., Escola, P., Maidana, N.I. Paleohydrological Changes in Highland Desert Rivers and Human Occupation, 7000-3000 Cal. Yr B.P., South-Central Andes, Argentina. Geoarchaeology. 2016;31(5):412-433.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gea.21559