%0 Journal Article
%J Journal of Archaeological Research
%D 1993
%T Archaeological trends in the South Cone of South America
%A Dillehay, Tom D.
%K Archaeology
%K ecological complementarity
%K hunter-gatherers
%K Inca state.
%K long-distance exchange
%K Southern Cone
%P 235-266
%V 1
%X Current major research directions and findings in three areas of Southern Conearchaeology are discussed: (1) the entry of humans in Late Pleistocene timesand early hunter-gatherer society, (2) the emergence of chiefdom societies, and(3) the Inca state. These themes are considered broadly in terms of local andinterregional models of economic mobility and sociopolitical organization.Although emphasis is given primarily to the Andean regions of Argentina,Chile, and Bolivia, new studies and developments in the Argentinian Pampaand Patagonia are discussed.