Arqueología de la Punta Santa Ana: recontrucción de secuencias de ocupación de cazadores-recolectores marinos del Estrecho de Magallanes, Patagonia Austral, Chile

We present results of research focused on the identification of sites and the analysis of their archaeological evidence in order to reconstruct occupation sequences of marine hunter-gatherer groups at specific localities of Southernmost Patagonia. In this paper we address the characterization of three archaeological sites at Punta Santa Ana area, Strait of Magellan. The studied assemblages are from camp-sites located at different elevations above current sea level, with dates of 6300, 2700 and 700 years BP (not calibrated). These assemblages have been formed in short time periods and have a number of features that suggest discontinuity in technological traditions and subsistence strategies over time.