MID HOLOCENE HUMAN OCCUPATIONS IN THE ANDES OF THE SEMIARID NORTH OF CHILE (31 degrees S,COMBARBALA): SITE FUNCTION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR REGIONAL USE OF SPACE

We present the results of the archaeological research of a site dated to the Mid Holocene in the Andes in a Northern Semiarid region of Chile. The paucity of this type of evidence underscores the importance of fully describing the studied context and the assemblages recovered therein. The characteristics of the site as a logistic hunting stand type station integrate Techo Negro (black roof) significantly to the available regional information and allows confronting it with the current state of some models of occupation that include the differential distribution of sites and environmental changes on a millennial scale.