Archaeomalacology at the archaeological site Pozo de la Chola (foothill region of Jujuy, Argentina). Tafonomic studies, environmental inferences and anthropic processes
Remains of gastropod mollusks are frequent at fertile levels of the archaeological sites in the foothill region of Jujuy in northwestern Argentina, assigned to the early Formative Period (500 BC-600 AD). However, analysis of this type of fauna had not been approached until 2014, where a first interp...
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Centro de Estudios Históricos. UA CONICET
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/comechingonia/article/view/25965 |
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| Sumario: | Remains of gastropod mollusks are frequent at fertile levels of the archaeological sites in the foothill region of Jujuy in northwestern Argentina, assigned to the early Formative Period (500 BC-600 AD). However, analysis of this type of fauna had not been approached until 2014, where a first interpretation was made about its presence in the excavated contexts and its economic implications. In this opportunity, in order to discern related issues to the various processes involved with the existence of mollusks at the archaeological levels (taphonomic and anthropic), the study presents the obtained results at the site Pozo de la Chola (San Francisco River region, Jujuy, Argentina), at intrasite spatial scale. Different kinds of vertical and horizontal distributions in discrete excavation sectors were evaluated, as well as in the 105 boreholes, in order to establish the dimension of the archaeological site. Various indicators were evaluated, such as ethology of mollusks, biometric profiles, association with other classes of archaeofauna and archaeological materials, presence/absence of different taphonomic and anthropic agents and spatial distributions. The results indicate a notable prevalence of gastropods of the family Ampullariidae, which tend to concentrate in some specific sectors of the site, particularly those linked to processing areas. |
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