Andean hunter-gatherers and herders lithic technology: change and continuities in the lithic resources exploitation during the Holocene in the NW San Juan by Lucero, Gustavo Fernando, Castro, Silvina C., Cortegoso, Valeria

“…We detected a continuity in hunting as an economic activity and sequential and regional lithic production systems that involve various tasks at three different altitudes.…”
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Osteochondritis dissecans. First results for Holocene hunter-gatherer human remains from southern Patagonia by Zúñiga Thayer, Rodrigo, Suby, Jorge, Flensborg, Gustavo, Luna, Leandro

“…The association between its expression and the patterns of physical activity developed in accordance with the economic practices, is discussed. The overall prevalence observed in this sample (42,3%), higher than that reported for current populations, suggests that physical activity would have played an important role in the development of OCD in at least part of the affected individuals.…”
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Mobility, assamblage and lithic technology during the First Millennium A.D. on the east slope of Cumbres Calchaquíes. An analysis from the materials of El Sunchal and Mortero Quebr... by Montegu, Juan

“…The research suggests that each raw material required different strategies in their life histories, which resulted in different forms of mobility, as well as in the construction and deconstruction of ephemeral assemblages according to the economic and social needs of the groups. Based on this, it is proposed that the social groups under study would have been characterized by a relative sedentary lifestyle where a mobile component is observed that is activated or deactivated according to the needs and decisions of the groups. …”
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