Stable isotope evidence supports pelagic fishing by hunter-gatherers in southern South America during the Late Holocene

Macruronus magellanicus results highlight the relative nearshore character of the archaeological specimens. No differences were found between archaeological and modern values for Merluccius sp., which indicate the offshore character of the archaeological specimens of this species. Results also show that the archaeological samples of Thyrsites atun are related to offshore ecosystems. In sum, stable isotope values of archaeological specimens agree with previous interpretations from zooarchaeological analyses of deep-water fishing during the Late Holocene in the Beagle Channel.