Plants that feed the hearth: first results of the phytolith record of combustion structures from Cueva de los Catalanes (Araucanía, Chile)

Background and aims: Fire management is a widely discussed topic in Archaeology, which has been mainly addressed through anthracology and carpology. Phytolithanalysis complements these techniques thanks to some silica phytolith advantages: 1) they are preserved in a wide variety of environments with...

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Autores principales: Roa Solís, Constanza, Zurro, Débora
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 2022
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Arqueobotánica
Fitolitos
Fogón
Holoceno tardío
manejo del fuego
Período Alfarero
Archaeobotany
Ceramic Period
fire management
hearth
Late Holocene,
phytoliths
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/BSAB/article/view/37652
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topic Arqueobotánica
Fitolitos
Fogón
Holoceno tardío
manejo del fuego
Período Alfarero
Archaeobotany
Ceramic Period
fire management
hearth
Late Holocene,
phytoliths
spellingShingle Arqueobotánica
Fitolitos
Fogón
Holoceno tardío
manejo del fuego
Período Alfarero
Archaeobotany
Ceramic Period
fire management
hearth
Late Holocene,
phytoliths
Roa Solís, Constanza
Zurro, Débora
Plants that feed the hearth: first results of the phytolith record of combustion structures from Cueva de los Catalanes (Araucanía, Chile)
topic_facet Arqueobotánica
Fitolitos
Fogón
Holoceno tardío
manejo del fuego
Período Alfarero
Archaeobotany
Ceramic Period
fire management
hearth
Late Holocene,
phytoliths
author Roa Solís, Constanza
Zurro, Débora
author_facet Roa Solís, Constanza
Zurro, Débora
author_sort Roa Solís, Constanza
title Plants that feed the hearth: first results of the phytolith record of combustion structures from Cueva de los Catalanes (Araucanía, Chile)
title_short Plants that feed the hearth: first results of the phytolith record of combustion structures from Cueva de los Catalanes (Araucanía, Chile)
title_full Plants that feed the hearth: first results of the phytolith record of combustion structures from Cueva de los Catalanes (Araucanía, Chile)
title_fullStr Plants that feed the hearth: first results of the phytolith record of combustion structures from Cueva de los Catalanes (Araucanía, Chile)
title_full_unstemmed Plants that feed the hearth: first results of the phytolith record of combustion structures from Cueva de los Catalanes (Araucanía, Chile)
title_sort plants that feed the hearth: first results of the phytolith record of combustion structures from cueva de los catalanes (araucanía, chile)
description Background and aims: Fire management is a widely discussed topic in Archaeology, which has been mainly addressed through anthracology and carpology. Phytolithanalysis complements these techniques thanks to some silica phytolith advantages: 1) they are preserved in a wide variety of environments without requiring carbonization or special conditions and 2) they account for different taxonomic categories and different plant organs. The present study seeks to identify the plant specific signal from the combustion structures of Cueva de los Catalanes, in comparison to areas without evidence of combustion and throughout the occupational sequence.M&M: The material analyzed corresponds to sediment samples from Cueva de Los Catalanes’s different occupation levels and combustion structures. Phytolith analysis and the statistical processing of the data were carried out.Results: This work suggests that phytolith assemblages are very heterogeneous.However, samples coming from the combustion structures show both higher concentrations and diversity of phytoliths. Likewise, pre-Hispanic samples are richerin phytoliths and the spectrum shows some different features, which correlate with higher densities of the archaeological materials.Conclusions: Phytolith analysis is outlined as a useful as well as a complementary tool to understand the study area’s fire management, having a wide potential poorly explored.
publisher Sociedad Argentina de Botánica
publishDate 2022
url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/BSAB/article/view/37652
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spelling I10-R325-article-376522023-12-20T20:39:54Z Plants that feed the hearth: first results of the phytolith record of combustion structures from Cueva de los Catalanes (Araucanía, Chile) Las plantas que alimentan el fogón: primeros resultados del registro fitolítico de estructuras de combustión de Cueva de los Catalanes (Araucanía, Chile) Roa Solís, Constanza Zurro, Débora Arqueobotánica Fitolitos Fogón Holoceno tardío manejo del fuego Período Alfarero Archaeobotany Ceramic Period fire management hearth Late Holocene, phytoliths Background and aims: Fire management is a widely discussed topic in Archaeology, which has been mainly addressed through anthracology and carpology. Phytolithanalysis complements these techniques thanks to some silica phytolith advantages: 1) they are preserved in a wide variety of environments without requiring carbonization or special conditions and 2) they account for different taxonomic categories and different plant organs. The present study seeks to identify the plant specific signal from the combustion structures of Cueva de los Catalanes, in comparison to areas without evidence of combustion and throughout the occupational sequence.M&M: The material analyzed corresponds to sediment samples from Cueva de Los Catalanes’s different occupation levels and combustion structures. Phytolith analysis and the statistical processing of the data were carried out.Results: This work suggests that phytolith assemblages are very heterogeneous.However, samples coming from the combustion structures show both higher concentrations and diversity of phytoliths. Likewise, pre-Hispanic samples are richerin phytoliths and the spectrum shows some different features, which correlate with higher densities of the archaeological materials.Conclusions: Phytolith analysis is outlined as a useful as well as a complementary tool to understand the study area’s fire management, having a wide potential poorly explored. Introducción y objetivos: El manejo del fuego es una temática ampliamente tratada en Arqueología, generalmente mediante análisis antracológicos y carpológicos. El análisis de fitolitos complementa a estas técnicas gracias a ventajas de los silicoficolitos: 1) se conservan en muy variados ambientes, sin requerir carbonización ni condiciones especiales; 2) dan cuenta de distintas categorías taxonómicas y de distintos órganos de las plantas. El presente estudio busca identificar la señal vegetal específica de las estructuras de combustión de la Cueva de los Catalanes, en comparación a áreas sin evidencias de combustión y a lo largo de la secuencia ocupacional.M&M: El material analizado corresponde a muestras de sedimento de los distintos niveles de ocupación y de las estructuras de combustión de Cueva de los Catalanes. Se llevó a cabo el análisis de fitolitos y el procesamiento estadístico de los datos.Resultados: Se sugiere que los conjuntos fitolíticos se comportan de manera muy heterogénea. No obstante, aquellos provenientes de las estructuras de combustión presentan mayores abundancias y diversidad de silicofitolitos. Asimismo, las muestras prehispánicas son más ricas en fitolitos y el espectro muestra algunas características diferentes, que se correlacionan con mayores densidades de los materiales arqueológicos.Conclusiones: El análisis de silicofitolitos se presenta como una herramienta útil y complementaria para entender el manejo del fuego en la región de estudio, con amplio potencial pobremente explorado. Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 2022-09-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/BSAB/article/view/37652 10.31055/1851.2372.v57.n3.37652 Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica (Journal of the Argentine Botanical Society; Vol. 57 No. 3 (2022): Setembro (Edição especial:Etnobiologia Latino-Americana) Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica; Vol. 57 Núm. 3 (2022): Setiembre (Número Especial: Etnobiología Latinoamericana) Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica; v. 57 n. 3 (2022): September (Special Issue: Latin American Ethnobiology) 1851-2372 0373-580X 10.31055/1851.2372.v57.n3 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/BSAB/article/view/37652/38904 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/BSAB/article/view/37652/38905 Derechos de autor 2022 Constanza Roa Solís, Débora Zurro https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

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