Los Concheros como archivos de información: un aporte desde la Arqueología de costas

This article presents a state of the art of the research developed on the archaeological sites called concheros in America in the recent years in order to discuss its use as information files.For that purpose, the evidence obtained from these deposits was taken to analyze and contribute to the study of four issues: 1) Populations of America, 2) Paleoenvironment, 3) Paleoecology. Resolution of current problems, 4) Rituality and 5) consumption activity. The high resolution of these deposits and their wide distribution at a spatial and temporal level allow us to use them as files to solve certain archaeological questions based on the application of different methodological lines.