PERSISTENCE OF A WAY OF DOMESTIC PRODUCTION DURING THE LATE : THE CASE OF CORRAL ALTO (ANTOFAGASTA DE LA SIERRA, ARGENTINA)

In this article, a detailed analysis on the archaeofaunal remains uncovered at the Corral Alto site (Quebrada de Miriguaca) are presented with the aim of teasing out animal resource exploitation patterns implemented by the agropastoralist communities that inhabited the Antofagasta de la Sierra micro-region during the Late Period (ca. 1000-500 BP). The results obtained to date highlight that along the middle sector of the Miriguaca River there was a persistence in the exploitation of animal resources indicative of a small-scale diversified economic strategies. Said strategies would have been employed alongside those observed in other sectors of the study area, characterized in the development of a specialized agropastoralist production on a large-scale.