Archaeological trends in the South Cone of South America

TitleArchaeological trends in the South Cone of South America
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1993
AuthorsDillehay, T. D.
JournalJournal of Archaeological Research
Volume1
Issue3
Pagination235-266
AbstractCurrent major research directions and findings in three areas of Southern Conearchaeology are discussed: (1) the entry of humans in Late Pleistocene timesand early hunter-gatherer society, (2) the emergence of chiefdom societies, and(3) the Inca state. These themes are considered broadly in terms of local andinterregional models of economic mobility and sociopolitical organization.Although emphasis is given primarily to the Andean regions of Argentina,Chile, and Bolivia, new studies and developments in the Argentinian Pampaand Patagonia are discussed.