Yahgan
South Americahunter-gatherersMap
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The Yahgan occupied the southern coast of the island of Tierra del Fuego. They are considered to be extinct. Most of the information on the Yahgan is from the nineteenth century. The Yahgan language was a language isolate with no known relationship to any other. The Yahgan lived in groups of one to three nuclear families who wandered in an area until the food supply was used up and then moved on. There were no higher level social or political groups.
Identifier
Region
- South America
Subregion
- Southern South America
Subsistence Type
- hunter-gatherers
Samples
Countries
- Argentina
- Chile