Malacological artifacts in a hunther-gatherer context in Paravachasca (Córdoba Province, Argentina): An identity production?
This paper presents an assemblage of malacological items/artifacts recovered from two multicomponent sites located on the fluvial terraces of the Anisacate river, in the province of Córdoba. Six artifacts made from terrestrial mollusks, two complete specimens (shells) and fragments are described. Al...
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Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
2024
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/13388 https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=arqueo&d=13388_oai |
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| Sumario: | This paper presents an assemblage of malacological items/artifacts recovered from two multicomponent sites located on the fluvial terraces of the Anisacate river, in the province of Córdoba. Six artifacts made from terrestrial mollusks, two complete specimens (shells) and fragments are described. All of them belong to the gastropod called Megalobulimus lorentzianus. The artifacts are typologically similar and are perforated. It is interpreted that they were made for corporal or symbolic use in ritual or burial events. According to the archaeological contexts recovered, which include knapped lithic assemblages with triangular and lanceolate points and grinding implements, and the almost complete absence of ceramics, it is interpreted that the main occupational component corresponds to an early Late Holocene hunter-gatherer context. The observation of traces in the artifacts and the presence of elements that could have been used as tools in their manufacture (manos and lithic and bone points) allow us to reconstruct and suggest an operational chain of bead production. Finally, this material is compared with typologically identical elements recovered in the region with absolute dating that reinforces the assumption of aesthetic patterns as identity languages at a regional level. |
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