Faunal resource exploitation in Comallo UI cave (Río Negro Province, Argentina): a new contribution to subsistence studies in northwersten Patagonia during the Late Holocene
We showcase here the zooarchaeological and taphonomic study of the Comallo U1 site, a cave located in the middle basin of the Limay River (Río Negro Province, Argentina). The faunal remains come from both the Preceramic (1440 ± 50 BP) and the Ceramic components (after 1000 BP). We determined that th...
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Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
2025
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/14217 https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=arqueo&d=14217_oai |
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| Sumario: | We showcase here the zooarchaeological and taphonomic study of the Comallo U1 site, a cave located in the middle basin of the Limay River (Río Negro Province, Argentina). The faunal remains come from both the Preceramic (1440 ± 50 BP) and the Ceramic components (after 1000 BP). We determined that there was a low incidence of post depositional processes in both components. Human subsistence was based mainly on consumption of Lama guanicoe for its meat, marrow, fat and bones for toolmaking. Other species with a lower energy return (Diplodon chilensis, Rhea pennata, Hippocamelus bisulcus, Lycalopex culpaeus, Lycalopex gymnocercus, Puma concolor, Leopardus sp., Conepatus chinga, Chaetophractus villosus, Lagidium viscacia and Caviinae indet.) supplemented humans’ subsistence. Exotic taxa Ovis orientalis aries and Bos primigenius taurus were secondary for their subsistence. |
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