Exploring habitat diversity of mid-holocene hunter-gatherers in the South-Central Andes: Multi-proxy analysis of Cruces Core 1 (TC1), Dry Puna of Jujuy, Argentina

The Barrancas basin seems to have constituted a resilient habitat that alternatively offered circulation or settling possibilities for human populations throughout the Holocene, by providing dependable sources of water and prey. Its likely role as an ecological refuge even under the harshest conditions of the Holocene makes this locality highly relevant for archaeological studies.