Is fishing intensification a direct route to hunter-gatherer complexity? A case study from the Beagle Channel region (Tierra del Fuego, southern South America)

Stable isotope evidence supports pelagic fishing by hunter-gatherers in southern South America during the Late Holocene

“…6). With this in mind, stable isotope information agrees with current ethological observations of pelagic fish predators from the southwestern Atlantic, and therefore supports previous interpretations from zooarchaeological analyses concerning deep-water fishing during the Late Holocene in the Beagle Channel, southern South America (Tivoli and Zangrando, 2011;Zangrando, 2009aZangrando, , 2009b. 6.…”

“…Fishing intensification development during the Late Holocene in the Beagle Channel is recognized in zooarchaeological studies, southern South America (Tivoli and Zangrando, 2011;Zangrando, 2009aZangrando, , 2009b. These previous studies have identified two related strategies: an increase in the littoral exploitation of fish (mainly species of the Nototheniidae family), and a diversification to predator fish implying an expansion of fishing practices to pelagic zones.…”

Subsistence variations and landscape use among maritime hunter-gatherers. A zooarchaeological analysis from the Beagle Channel (Tierra del Fuego, Argentina)

“…Grayson and Delpech, 1998;Jones, 2004;Nagaoka, 2001), and from another perspectives (v.g. Betts and Friesen, 2004;Zangrando, 2009b).…”

Tempranas Evidencias De Navegación Y Caza De Especies Oceánicas en La Costa Pacífica De Sudamérica (Taltal, ~ 7.000 Años Cal. A.P.)

“…Asimismo, se deben mencionar las primeras ocupaciones con modo de vida canoero en la zona del estrecho de Magallanes, mar de Otway y canal Beagle, caracterizadas por una antigua tradición de pesca, principalmente de brótula (Saliota australis) y merluza (Macruronus magellanicus) desde los 6.400 años a.p. (Legoupil 1997;Legoupil et al 2011;San Román 2010;Tivoli y Zangrando 2011;Torres y Ruz 2011;Zangrando 2009), dando cuenta de un temprano manejo de la navegación en Tierra del Fuego y extremo sur del continente.…”