Puna shelters and agro-pastoral societies: a zooarchaeological perspective of Alero 12 site (Las Grutas, Tinogasta, Catamarca)

This article analyses the archaeofaunal assemblage from Alero 12 of the Las Grutas rock formation (Tinogasta, Catamarca) to study/account for the human activities related to animals that developed during its occupation. We suggest/It is argued that Alero 12 was temporarily inhabited by human groups...

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Autores principales: Miyano, Juan Pablo, Ratto, Norma
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Museo de Antropología 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/29206
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topic Camélidos
Vicuña
Caza
Noroeste argentino
Inca
Camelids
Vicuña
Hunting
Northwest Argentina
Inca
Camelídeos
Vicuña
Caçando
Noroeste da Argentina
Inca
spellingShingle Camélidos
Vicuña
Caza
Noroeste argentino
Inca
Camelids
Vicuña
Hunting
Northwest Argentina
Inca
Camelídeos
Vicuña
Caçando
Noroeste da Argentina
Inca
Miyano, Juan Pablo
Ratto, Norma
Puna shelters and agro-pastoral societies: a zooarchaeological perspective of Alero 12 site (Las Grutas, Tinogasta, Catamarca)
topic_facet Camélidos
Vicuña
Caza
Noroeste argentino
Inca
Camelids
Vicuña
Hunting
Northwest Argentina
Inca
Camelídeos
Vicuña
Caçando
Noroeste da Argentina
Inca
author Miyano, Juan Pablo
Ratto, Norma
author_facet Miyano, Juan Pablo
Ratto, Norma
author_sort Miyano, Juan Pablo
title Puna shelters and agro-pastoral societies: a zooarchaeological perspective of Alero 12 site (Las Grutas, Tinogasta, Catamarca)
title_short Puna shelters and agro-pastoral societies: a zooarchaeological perspective of Alero 12 site (Las Grutas, Tinogasta, Catamarca)
title_full Puna shelters and agro-pastoral societies: a zooarchaeological perspective of Alero 12 site (Las Grutas, Tinogasta, Catamarca)
title_fullStr Puna shelters and agro-pastoral societies: a zooarchaeological perspective of Alero 12 site (Las Grutas, Tinogasta, Catamarca)
title_full_unstemmed Puna shelters and agro-pastoral societies: a zooarchaeological perspective of Alero 12 site (Las Grutas, Tinogasta, Catamarca)
title_sort puna shelters and agro-pastoral societies: a zooarchaeological perspective of alero 12 site (las grutas, tinogasta, catamarca)
description This article analyses the archaeofaunal assemblage from Alero 12 of the Las Grutas rock formation (Tinogasta, Catamarca) to study/account for the human activities related to animals that developed during its occupation. We suggest/It is argued that Alero 12 was temporarily inhabited by human groups ca. 590 years BP. At the site, they hunted wild animals, mainly vicuñas, although birds and rodents cannot be ruled out. While some camelid skeletal parts were consumed in situ, others were transported for later consumption, storage and/or trading. Although Alero 12 is located near to the San Francisco site –a site used for state sponsored feasts– and also presented a radiocarbon date that coincides with Inca occupation of the region, its use was not related to imperial practices. In this sense, we propose that the inhabitants of Alero 12 were members of the regional agropastoralist societies that developed hunting activities outside of inca control.
publisher Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Museo de Antropología
publishDate 2021
url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/29206
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