Hunter-Gatherer Mobility Strategies

Hunter-gatherer settlement and subsistence strategies are patterned in predictable ways with respect to terrain, environmental productivity, effective temperature, degree of resource homogeneity, and seasonality of resource availability.

“A variety of ethnographic, ethnoarchaeological, and experimental studies have demonstrated that hunter-gatherer settlement and subsistence strategies are patterned in predictable ways with respect to a variety of factors including terrain, environmental productivity, effective temperature, degree of resource homogeneity, and seasonality of resource availability (Binford, 2001;Grove, 2009Grove, , 2”

The maximum two-day foraging area effectively encompasses nearby settings where an individual would use encounter strategies, such as hunting game, returning to snares, and similar activities that regularly take place.

“In contrast, the maximum two-day foraging area effectively encompasses nearby settings where an individual would use encounter strategies, such as hunting game, returning to snares, and similar activities that regularly take place (Kelly, 1983).”

Humans are less susceptible to bioclimatic variables, particularly at a smaller scale of analysis such as the southern Pampas, where humans were likely able to adapt to ongoing changes in their environment.

“however, humans are less susceptible to these variables, particularly at a smaller scale of analysis such as the southern Pampas, where humans where likely able to adapt to ongoing changes in their environment (Bettinger 1981; Kelly 1983; Yellen 1977).”

Humans are less susceptible to bioclimatic variables than plants and animals, particularly at a smaller scale of analysis such as the southern Pampas, where humans were likely able to adapt to ongoing changes in their environment.

“however, humans are less susceptible to these variables, particularly at a smaller scale of analysis such as the southern Pampas, where humans where likely able to adapt to ongoing changes in their environment (Bettinger 1981; Kelly 1983; Yellen 1977).”