Jimena Torres

• PhD
• Professor (Associate) at University of Magallanes

Se presentan los resultados del estudio de un sondeo del sitio arqueológico Tilly Este, ubicado en la bahía del mismo nombre en la isla Carlos III, estrecho de Magallanes (Chile). El yacimiento es un conchal multicomponente de canoeros que abarca ocupaciones pre-contacto y post-contacto histórico. El registro indica la presencia de eventos ocupacio...

Marked environmental changes occurred in the southern Patagonian archipelago during the middle and late Holocene, including increased variability in glacial coverage and marine productivity. Those changes likely impacted the lives of marine hunter gatherers and their exploitation of faunal resources. Here, we examine temporal trends in fishes captu...

ABSTRACT: Historical ecology draws on a broad range of information sources and methods to provide insight into ecological and social change, especially over the past ~12,000 years. While its results are often relevant to conservation and restoration, insights from its diverse disciplines, environments, and geographies have frequently remained siloe...

It is reported of three rock shelters excavated by the american archaeologist Junius Bird in the 30s, as well as the analysis of archaeological materials currently deposited at the NMNH in New York.

El investigador norteamericano Junius Bird, del American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) de Nueva York, viajó por el sur de Chile y realizó dos largas campañas de trabajo de campo entre 1933 y 1980, llevando a cabo una amplia gama de excavaciones y estudios arqueológicos. Comenzando por el extremo sur de Tierra del Fuego e Isla Navarino, Hoste y...

Historical ecology draws on a broad range of information sources and methods to provide insight into ecological and social change, especially over the past ~12,000 yr. While its results are often relevant to conservation and restoration, insights from its diverse disciplines, environments, and geographies have frequently remained siloed or underrep...

Historical ecology draws on a broad range of information sources and methods to provide insight into ecological and social change, especially over the past ~12,000 years. While its results are often relevant to conservation and restoration, insights from its diverse disciplines, environments, and geographies have frequently remained siloed or under...

En este libro hemos reunido una serie de obras que abordan la práctica de la pesca en la costa chilena desde enfoques provenientes de la antropología, la arqueología, la biología, la etnografía y la historia. La discusión conjunta entre todas estas disciplinas hace patente el enorme potencial del estudio de la pesca en el pasado y el presente, y la...

This study seeks to determine the role and cultural significance of otariids and mustelids in the historical and cultural evolution of the Strait of Magellan, at the southern tip of South America. The geographical location of this inter-oceanic corridor not only allowed the passage of European navigators with geopolitical and commercial ambitions f...

Se aborda el estudio tecnológico y funcional de una muestra de la colección de cabezales y flechas armadas depositadas en el Museo Salesiano Maggiorino Borgatello, Punta Arenas, algunas de las cuales fueron adquiridas por Borgatello en la misión de San Rafael, Isla Dawson (1889-1991). Si bien las piezas presentan poca información contextual (más al...

Since the first half of the 16th century, the Patagonian archipelagos have been the scenery for multiple encounters between European sailors and the indigenous canoeros from this southern region. These contacts were recurrent in the central zone of the Strait of Magellan, and in the course of time the interaction was changing of modality and intens...

El libro titulado Arqueología de la pesca en la costa rionegrina. Patagonia Argentina es un extenso y sistemático estudio que se enmarca en la investigación doctoral del arqueólogo Federico Scartascini. Es un significativo aporte para la arqueología costera sudamericana y un indiscutible precedente del rol de la pesca en la costa atlántica de la Pa...

We describe sclerochronological analyses of tadpole codling (Salilota australis) vertebrae as a proxy for the seasonal timing of fishing activities at one Middle Holocene (6500 BP) and three Late–Middle Holocene (3500–2500 years BP) archaeological sites located in Seno Otway and in the central zone of the Strait of Magellan, Chile. These data provi...

A Late glacial – Holocene palaeoecological record, constrained by a robust chronology, from a peat bog near Punta Burslem (54°54’S, 67°57’W) on Isla Navarino, southernmost Patagonia documents the shifts in intensity and focus of the Southern Westerly Winds (SWWs) at these high latitudes. Such long-term records are required to reconstruct and better...

Palaeoenvironmental data for the Late Glacial and Holocene periods are provided from Caleta Eugenia, in the eastern sector of Canal Beagle, southernmost Patagonia. The record commences at c. 16 200 cal a bp following glacier retreat in response to climatic warming. However, cooler conditions persisted during the Late Glacial period. The onset of mo...

Junius Bird, archaeologist from the AMNH, NY, traveled through Sourthern Chile and accomplished fieldworks missions between 1933 and 1980. The materials collected are currently housed at the Division of Anthropology of the AMNH, and were recently analyzed as part of the activities of Grant FONDECYT 1140939. All artifacts and bioanthropological rema...

In this paper, we present recent data on Early Holocene human occupations from Taltal, in the coast of the Atacama Desert. We focus on evidences of mobility and subsistence economy, discussing the data in terms of a concept of territoriality adapted from cultural geographers working with hunting-gathering societies. We attempt to show that the Huen...

The main focus of this work is the proposition of an archaeological sequence for marine hunter-gatherers in Southernmost Patagonia, based on the recent study of different coastal archaeological sites in the Magellan strait, Otway Sea and Almirante Montt Gulf, located between 50º and 53º South latitude. This includes discussing timing, changes and c...

El sitio arqueológico Punta Baxa 7 es un extenso yacimiento caracterizado como un agregado de diversas concentraciones de material arqueológico (conchales, talleres líticos, restos óseos humanos y fauna). Ubicado en Primera Angostura, en la orilla sur del estrecho de Magallanes, presenta evidencia de depósitos en estratigrafía que fueron sujeto de...

Tierra del Fuego represents the southernmost limit of human settlement in the Americas. While people may have started to arrive there around 10 500 BP, when it was still connected to the mainland, the main wave of occupation occurred 5000 years later, by which time it had become an island. The co-existence in the area of maritime huntergatherers (i...

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, S...

We present results of research focused on the identification of sites and the analysis of their archaeo-logical 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,...

The development of an archaeological survey on the coast of Dawson and Wickham island, located in a strategic position between different path roads that connect the central portion of the Magellan strait with the fueguian archipelago, allowed detecting 27 sites that correspond to former marine hunter-gatherer camps of the inhabitants of the zone. T...

The first canoe occupations, 6000 yr BP in the Strait of Magellan and Otway sea, count with important information on the hunting of marine mammals and their importance in the canoe way of life (Legoupil 1997, San Roman 2010, San Roman 2011). Similarly, but to a lesser extent, consumption and use of birds (Lefevre 1997). Nevertheless, so far nothing...

The characterization of lithic bolas and modified cobble collections recovered at Laguna Thomas Gould site by M. Massone and J. Bird (Massone 1989-1990) is presented. The site is located at the Pali-Aike Volcanic Field, between Chico River and Seco Canyon. Most of the pieces come from surface survey within the dry margins of the lagoon and a few ar...

The first canoe occupations, 6000 yr bP in the Strait of Magellan and Otway sea, count with important information on the hunting of marine mammals and their importance in the canoe way of life (Legoupil 1997, San Román 2010, San Román 2011). Similarly, but to a lesser extent, consumption and use of birds (Lefèvre 1997). Nevertheless, so far nothing...

This paper examines the development of fishing strategies by terrestrial hunter-gatherers in northern Tierra del Fuego between 5000 BP and recent times. To do so, archaeological data (technology and fish bones) and ethnographic sources related to fishing practice are assessed. Analysis of this evidence reveals different moments in which the importa...

The first results of a research focused on the evolution of human terrestrial colonization in Tierra del Fuego during the Holocene are presented. Emphasis is given to moments before 2000 BP, focusing on the integration of a new methodological strategy to approach the detection of archaeological sites for this period.

The Cabo Monmouth 20 site represents new evidence of Middle and Late Holocene occupations (ca. 5.000 years BP) for the north of Isla Grande, Tierra del Fuego. In this paper we evaluate archaeo- logical evidence from a test pit excavation, synthesize stratigraphic and contextual data, and present a new radiocarbon date (5,520 + 50 years BP) on she...

The Cabo Monmouth 20 site represents new evidence of Middle and Late Holocene occupations (ca. 5.000 years BP) for the north of Isla Grande, Tierra del Fuego. In this paper we evaluate archaeological evidence from a test pit excavation, synthesize stratigraphic and contextual data, and present a new radiocarbon date (5,520 +/- 50 years BP) on shell...

Despite the mentioning of abandoned lithic “bolas”, their use as a hunting strategy is not considered among terrestrial hunter-gatherers ethnographies in Tierra del Fuego. In order to address this issue, plus their late abandonment and other technological aspects, this paper focuses on a typological study of lithic “bolas” and their chaine operatoi...

The first results of a research focused on the evolution of human terrestrial colonization in Tierra del Fuego during the Holocene are presented. Emphasis is given to moments before 2000 BP, focusing on the integration of a new methodological strategy to approach the detection of archaeological sites for this period.

In this paper we attempt to assess and expand the information that can be drawn from the systematic analysis of artefacts with a reduced degree of formatization, such as the case of lithic sinkers. In Fuego-Patagonia these arti- facts are found in both early and late maritime contexts and have generally been classified as sinkers for line fishing o...

We present results from the excavation and analysis of archaeological remains from the Playa Negra 9 site (PN-9), located in Concepción Bay, Chilean region of Bio-Bio. Our studies provide important information about mid to late Holocene littoral occupations, demonstrating an emphasis on the exploitation and consumption of littoral and maritime reso...

Se da cuenta del contexto de un sitio arqueológico de especiales características, por hallarse inmerso en un antiguo turbal y por su datación de ca. 4.000 años AR Los análisis liticos y arqueofaunisticos del sitio Myren 2 apoyan la idea de que se trata de un sitio de difícil adscripción funcional, pero muy interesante por la información que entrega...