Long Term Human Transformation of the Atacama Desert
25 April 2023, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm

Calogero Santoro (University of Tarapacá, Chile) will give a seminar at the UCL Institute of Archaeology on 25 April.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Prof James Steele
Location
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209UCL Institute of Archaeology31-34 Gordon SquareLondonWC1H 0PYUnited Kingdom
Abstract
Recently Gerardo Ceballos, Senior Researcher at the Instituto de Ecología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Institute of Ecology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico), stated that the sixth mass extinction of species and populations is one of the greatest environmental challenges of the 21st century. Human activities over the last five centuries have caused an enormous loss of species essential for human well-being. In this talk we try to show that, like many ecosystems on the planet (deserts of Australia, or the Amazon), the Atacama Desert is a human product that has been co-evolving since the first occupations at the end of the Pleistocene, and where human activity has become increasingly demanding and impactful from the 19th century to the present day.
This seminar is an in-person event only. All are welcome to attend.
About the Speaker
Calogero Santoro
Professor at University of Tarapacá, Chile
Prof Santoro is well-known for his work on the prehistory of the Atacama Desert and of the northern Chilean puna. He is also co-editor of Latin American Antiquity. His publications may be viewed on Google Scholar.
More about Calogero Santoro