This project works to shed light on one of the most debated topics in archaeology, namely how the transition from hunter-gatherers to farmers occurred and its implications in terms of health status, fertility rates, and environmental impact. Explore 1) the biological and social mechanisms leading the transition from hunter-gatherer to farming economies in the central and northern region of the current territory of Nicaragua, as well as the complex social mechanisms that governed its possible interactions with the Pacific area 2) the effect these changes had on the general health and demography of the populations; and 3) the different strategies used by populations to survive the environmental changes that occurred during the late Pleistocene and the Holocene in the area.

El poblamiento antiguo de Nicaragua: Diversidad biocultural, modos de vida y dinámica poblacional

Team Leader: Lic. Christopher Jose Gago Vega and Dr. Yadira Chinique de Armas

Publications to come