Settlement of the Chonos Archipelago, Western Patagonia, Chile

Omar Reyes, associate researcher at Centro de Estudios del Hombre Austral of the Instituto de la Patagonia, Universidad de Magallanes (Punta Arenas, Chile). He holds a PhD from Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Is an archaeologist who specializes on human/environment interactions and bioarchaeology. He has a particular interest on the process of human occupation of the northern Patagonian channels and the broader adaptation to maritime lifeways of Southernmost South America. Current research projects include studying the archaeological record at the Chonos archipelago by assessing the geomorphological features that condition the location of the information of the earliest hunter-gatherers at island settings that indicate the onset of navigational techniques in the region. In Central Patagonia and elsewhere, Omar Reyes, has been studying the lifeways of bioarchaeological populations of hunter-gatherers throughout the Holocene, by integrating palaeopathological analyses andstable isotopes.

• Presentation.- Foreword.- Acknowledgements.- Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Study area.- Chapter 3. Background.- Chapter 4. Methodology.- Chapter 5. The archaeological record in the Chonos Archipelago.- Chapter 6. Evaluation and discussion of the evidence.- Chapter 7. Conclusion and projections.- References.