Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Piedra Museo, a place and a history of the peopling of  Patagonia(Laura Miotti).- PART I. PALAEOENVIRONMENTS and PALEOECOLOGY.- Chapter 2. Last Glacial Maximum, Late Glacial and Holocene of Patagonia(Jorge Rabassa, Andrea Coronato, Oscar Martínez, Agustina Reato).- Chapter 3. Geoarchaeology of Piedra Museo locality(Marcelo Zárate, Bruno Mosquera, Adriana Blasi, Florencia Lorenzo).- Chapter 4. Radiocarbon Chronology at the AEP-1 rockshelter in Piedra Museo Locality: update and discussion of the datings(Laura Miotti, Bruno Mosquera, Mónica Salemme, Jorge Rabassa).- Chapter 5. Quaternary fossil vertebrates of Tierra del Fuego and southernmost Patagonia(Germán Gasparini, Eduardo Tonni).- Chapter 6. Late Pleistocene and Holocene palaeovegetational changes at Alero El Puesto (AEP-1) archaeological site in the northern Deseado Massif. Regional palaeoenvironmental implications and Early human occupation(Ana Borromei , Lorena Musotto).- Chapter 7. Diatom analysis of Piedra Museo paleolake, Santa Cruz, Argentina(Marilén Fernández).- PART II. ARCHAEOFAUNAS, LITHIC MATERIALS AND ROCK ART.- Chapter 8. The archaeofauna of Piedra Museo. Archaeological and taphonomic study of the AEP-1 site (Argentine Patagonia)(Laura Marchionni, Martín Vázquez, Laura Miotti).- Chapter 9. The Rheids as a Palaeoenvironmental and Consumption Indicators during the Latest Pleistocene and the Middle Holocene(Mónica Salemme, Laura Miotti).- Chapter 10. An Isotopic Perspective of the Alero El Puesto 1 Zooarchaeology: Environmental Changes, Extinct Fauna and the First Human Occupations of Southern Patagonia(Augusto Tessone).- Chapter 11. About humans and rocks at the end of the Southern Cone. A lithic technology overview at Piedra Museo locality(Roxana Cattáneo).- Chapter 12. Stone Tools Production and use in AEP-1 site of Piedra Museo locality, Patagonia(Virginia Lynch).- Chapter 13. The retouched toolsof the lower componente of AEP-1 (Piedra Museo, Argentina) from a perspective of design(Darío Hermo).- Chapter 14. Back to a time perspective: new insights for the study of Piedra Museo’s ancient rock art, Patagonia, Argentina(Natalia Carden).- PART III. PIEDRA MUSEO IN THE XXI CENTURY.- Chapter 15. Challenges for the 21th. Century: The Patrimonialization of Piedra Museo(Laura Miotti, Lucía Magnin,  Enrique Terranova).- Chapter 16- To the End of the World: Southern Patagonia in Models of the Initial        Peopling of the Western Hemisphere(Ruth Gruhn).- Chapter 17. Opposites Attract: Why a Bi-polar, Hemispheric Perspective to the Peopling of the Americas is Needed(Ted Goebel).- Chapter 18. Concluding Remarks and New agenda(Laura Miotti, Darío Hermo, Mónica Salemme).