Aprovechamiento de aves en los sitios de la bahía Pizzulic (isla Englefield, Seno otway, Chile)

ABSTRACT This paper presents the results obtained from the analysis of the zooarchaeological bird assemblages of the Pizzulic 2, Pizzulic 3 and Pizzulic 4 sites, located in the Englefield island, whose radiocarbon dates show occupations from the Middle Holocene to the first millennium of our era. The analysis of the avifauna made it possible to determine the existence of continuity in the exploitation and selection of birds for these three sites, exploiting a reduced taxonomic range and a selection focused mainly on the Phalacrocoracidae Family. Zooarchaeology, bird exploitation, middle and late Holocene, marine hunter-gatherers, taxonomic diversity. INTRODUCCIÓN Las estrategias de subsistencia en contextos de cazadores-recolectores marinos en los sitios del estrecho de Magallanes y seno Otway se observan, en general, dominadas por una especialización en la caza marina, principalmente de presas de mayor tamaño como pinnipedos (Emperaire & Laming, 1961; Legoupil, 1997; Legoupil et al. 2011; San Román, 2013; San Román et al. 2016), que presentan una mayor biomasa consumible y un elevado aporte de proteínas y grasas.