Shell beads and tembetás from prehispanic hunter-gatherers of Low Paraná wetland

Among hunter-gatherer groups that inhabited the low Paraná wetland during Late Holocene, the most numerous assemblages of ornaments are composed by shell beads and tembetás. In previous works we observed that the assemblages show inter-site morphological similarities with little formal variations. I...

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Autores principales: Buc, Natacha, Acosta, Alejandro, Loponte, Daniel
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Publicado: Centro de Estudios Históricos. UA CONICET 2019
Materias:
Paraná inferior, cuentas, tembetás, valvas
Low Paraná
Beads
Shiver
Shells
Paraná Inferior
Cuentas
Tembetás
valvas
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/comechingonia/article/view/26135
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Comechingonia. Revista de Arqueología de Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
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spelling I10-R319-article-261352025-08-04T16:17:58Z Shell beads and tembetás from prehispanic hunter-gatherers of Low Paraná wetland Cuentas y tembetás malacológicos de los grupos cazadores-recolectores prehispánicos del humedal del Paraná Inferior Buc, Natacha Acosta, Alejandro Loponte, Daniel Paraná inferior, cuentas, tembetás, valvas Low Paraná Beads Shiver Shells Paraná Inferior Cuentas Tembetás valvas Among hunter-gatherer groups that inhabited the low Paraná wetland during Late Holocene, the most numerous assemblages of ornaments are composed by shell beads and tembetás. In previous works we observed that the assemblages show inter-site morphological similarities with little formal variations. In this paper we test the idea that these elements were used as social markers. Consequently, we expect an homogeneous pattern in the general form and the form of their attributes, as well as the metrical values. For this purpose, we analyse metrical and morphological data of shell assemblages from ten archaeological sites of the study area. Results show different tendencies for shell beads and tembetás. Shell beads are homogenously distributed in the region with a shared morphologic and metric pattern that only excludes one of the archaeological sites. Tembetás are less frequent and show two morpho-metric variants that could be a response either to individual variability or to ethnic identification. Entre los grupos cazadores-recolectores que ocuparon el humedal del río Paraná inferior durante el Holoceno tardío, el conjunto más numeroso de adornos es el de las cuentas y tembetás hechos sobre valvas de moluscos. En trabajos previos observamos que estos elementos presentan similitudes morfológicas a nivel intersitio, con pequeñas variaciones formales. En este trabajo evaluamos la posibilidad de que estos elementos hayan funcionado como demarcadores sociales. En este sentido esperamos un patrón homogéneo tanto en la forma general y sus atributos, como en el tamaño. Para ello analizamos métrica y morfológicamente los conjuntos malacológicos provenientes de diez sitios arqueológicos del área. Los resultados muestran tendencias diferentes para las cuentas y los tembetás. Las primeras se distribuyen de manera homogénea en el espacio con un patrón morfológico y métrico compartido que sólo excluye uno de los sitios arqueológicos. Los tembetás, por su parte, son menos frecuentes y presentan dos variantes morfométricas que pueden responder a variaciones individuales o reflejar parcialidades étnicas. Centro de Estudios Históricos. UA CONICET 2019-10-26 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/comechingonia/article/view/26135 10.37603/2250.7728.v23.n1.26135 Comechingonia. Revista de Arqueología; Vol. 23 No. 1 (2019): Comechingonia Revista de Arqueología. ; 87-113 Comechingonia. Revista de Arqueología; Vol. 23 Núm. 1 (2019): Comechingonia Revista de Arqueología. ; 87-113 Comechingonia. Revista de Arqueología; v. 23 n. 1 (2019): Comechingonia Revista de Arqueología. ; 87-113 2250-7728 0326-7911 10.37603/2250.7728.v23.n1 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/comechingonia/article/view/26135/27967
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topic Paraná inferior, cuentas, tembetás, valvas
Low Paraná
Beads
Shiver
Shells
Paraná Inferior
Cuentas
Tembetás
valvas
spellingShingle Paraná inferior, cuentas, tembetás, valvas
Low Paraná
Beads
Shiver
Shells
Paraná Inferior
Cuentas
Tembetás
valvas
Buc, Natacha
Acosta, Alejandro
Loponte, Daniel
Shell beads and tembetás from prehispanic hunter-gatherers of Low Paraná wetland
topic_facet Paraná inferior, cuentas, tembetás, valvas
Low Paraná
Beads
Shiver
Shells
Paraná Inferior
Cuentas
Tembetás
valvas
author Buc, Natacha
Acosta, Alejandro
Loponte, Daniel
author_facet Buc, Natacha
Acosta, Alejandro
Loponte, Daniel
author_sort Buc, Natacha
title Shell beads and tembetás from prehispanic hunter-gatherers of Low Paraná wetland
title_short Shell beads and tembetás from prehispanic hunter-gatherers of Low Paraná wetland
title_full Shell beads and tembetás from prehispanic hunter-gatherers of Low Paraná wetland
title_fullStr Shell beads and tembetás from prehispanic hunter-gatherers of Low Paraná wetland
title_full_unstemmed Shell beads and tembetás from prehispanic hunter-gatherers of Low Paraná wetland
title_sort shell beads and tembetás from prehispanic hunter-gatherers of low paraná wetland
description Among hunter-gatherer groups that inhabited the low Paraná wetland during Late Holocene, the most numerous assemblages of ornaments are composed by shell beads and tembetás. In previous works we observed that the assemblages show inter-site morphological similarities with little formal variations. In this paper we test the idea that these elements were used as social markers. Consequently, we expect an homogeneous pattern in the general form and the form of their attributes, as well as the metrical values. For this purpose, we analyse metrical and morphological data of shell assemblages from ten archaeological sites of the study area. Results show different tendencies for shell beads and tembetás. Shell beads are homogenously distributed in the region with a shared morphologic and metric pattern that only excludes one of the archaeological sites. Tembetás are less frequent and show two morpho-metric variants that could be a response either to individual variability or to ethnic identification.
publisher Centro de Estudios Históricos. UA CONICET
publishDate 2019
url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/comechingonia/article/view/26135
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