SOUTHWEST SEMINARS | On Both Sides of the Strait: Recent History of the Fuego-Patagonian Indigenous People

Presented by Dr. Luis Alberto Borrero*

Professor Emeritus, University of Buenos Aires and Researcher Emeritus, National Council for Scientific & Technical Research (CONICET-Argentina); International Member, American Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences; former Vice-President, International Council for Archaeozoology and Board Member, Society of American Archaeology (SAA). Co-Author (w/G.G. Politis), The Archaeology of Patagonia and the Pampas. Specialization: archaeology of hunter-gatherers particularly in relation to colonization of new lands; Recognized for his work in the process of human peopling of South America and early human arrival to Patagonia in Tierra del Fuego: Ultima Esperanza Sound and Pali Aike Volcanic Field; Directed field projects in little studied areas: Lago Argentino, Cape Virgenes, and San Sebastian Bay. Study process of cultural divergence of human populations that started when Tierra del Fuego was cut-off from the mainland during the Early Holocene and characteristics of the process of human dispersal. Recognition for work on bone taphonomy: human, terrestrial and marine mammals.  Recipient, Award for Scientific and Technological Research in Social and Human Sciences, Argentine Ministry of Education; Award for Excellence in Latin American and Caribbean Archaeology, Society for American Archaeology (SAA); Born in Rio Gallegos, Patagonia; grew up in several Argentine cities.

*Made possible  with travel assistance provided by The Archaeological Conservancy

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