The small-vertebrate assemblage of La Modesta site: A contribution to subsistence studies during the Middle Holocene in the Eastern Pampa-Patagonia transition (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
This work presents the results from the analysis of the small-sized vertebrate remains recovered from the surface and stratigraphic contexts of La Modesta site (eastern Pampa-Patagonia transition, Buenos Aires province). This site is located in an area of deflated dunes, close to a paleochannel of t...
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I28-R145-5825_oai2025-11-17 Alcaraz, Ana Paula 2020-07-15 This work presents the results from the analysis of the small-sized vertebrate remains recovered from the surface and stratigraphic contexts of La Modesta site (eastern Pampa-Patagonia transition, Buenos Aires province). This site is located in an area of deflated dunes, close to a paleochannel of the Colorado River, and 60 km away from the Atlantic coast. Radiocarbon dates place the human occupations in the Middle Holocene (ca. 5900-5600 years BP). Our analyses show that the faunal assemblage is the result of complex taphonomic histories, and that the presence of the identified species is a consequence of different causes. Results indicate that, in addition to perch, other species, such as Myocastor coypus, medium-sized birds, and possibly armadillos, would have contributed to the diet of the human populations. This information, together with the data already available from the site (analysis of the larger-sized species, and stable isotopes), represent the first approaches to hunter-gatherers subsistence during a period that lacked such information in the study area. En este trabajo se exponen los resultados obtenidos de los análisis realizados sobre los restos de fauna menor (<15 kg) recuperados en superficie y estratigrafía del sitio La Modesta (transición pampeano-patagónica oriental, provincia de Buenos Aires). Este sitio se localiza en un contexto de dunas, próximo a un paleocauce del río Colorado y distante a 60 km de la costa Atlántica. Los fechados radiocarbónicos sitúan a las ocupaciones humanas en el Holoceno medio (ca. 5900-5600 años AP). Los estudios realizados muestran que el conjunto faunístico es producto de complejas historias tafonómicas y que la presencia de los taxa identificados responde a diversas causas. Además de los peces fluviales, otras especies de fauna menor, como Myocastor coypus, aves medianas y posiblemente armadillos, habrían contribuido a la dieta de las poblaciones humanas. Esta información, sumada a la ya generada para el sitio (análisis de las especies de tamaño mayor, isótopos estables) contribuye a generar una primera aproximación acerca de la subsistencia de las poblaciones cazadoras-recolectoras para un momento en el que no se contaba con dicha información en el área de estudio. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/5825 10.34096/arqueologia.t26.n2.5825 spa Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/5825/7204 Derechos de autor 2020 Arqueología Arqueología; Vol. 26 No. 2 (2020): May-August; 103-126 Arqueología; Vol. 26 Núm. 2 (2020): mayo-agosto; 103-126 1853-8126 0327-5159 Middle Holocene Lower Colorado River Surface contexts Zooarchaeological studies Taphonomy Holoceno medio Curso inferior del río Colorado Contextos superficiales Estudios zooarqueológicos Tafonomía The small-vertebrate assemblage of La Modesta site: A contribution to subsistence studies during the Middle Holocene in the Eastern Pampa-Patagonia transition (Buenos Aires, Argentina) El conjunto de fauna menor del sitio La Modesta: un aporte al estudio de la subsistencia durante el Holoceno medio en la transición pampeano-patagónica oriental (Buenos Aires, Argentina) info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=arqueo&d=5825_oai |
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This work presents the results from the analysis of the small-sized vertebrate remains recovered from the surface and stratigraphic contexts of La Modesta site (eastern Pampa-Patagonia transition, Buenos Aires province). This site is located in an area of deflated dunes, close to a paleochannel of the Colorado River, and 60 km away from the Atlantic coast. Radiocarbon dates place the human occupations in the Middle Holocene (ca. 5900-5600 years BP). Our analyses show that the faunal assemblage is the result of complex taphonomic histories, and that the presence of the identified species is a consequence of different causes. Results indicate that, in addition to perch, other species, such as Myocastor coypus, medium-sized birds, and possibly armadillos, would have contributed to the diet of the human populations. This information, together with the data already available from the site (analysis of the larger-sized species, and stable isotopes), represent the first approaches to hunter-gatherers subsistence during a period that lacked such information in the study area. |
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The small-vertebrate assemblage of La Modesta site: A contribution to subsistence studies during the Middle Holocene in the Eastern Pampa-Patagonia transition (Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
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The small-vertebrate assemblage of La Modesta site: A contribution to subsistence studies during the Middle Holocene in the Eastern Pampa-Patagonia transition (Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
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The small-vertebrate assemblage of La Modesta site: A contribution to subsistence studies during the Middle Holocene in the Eastern Pampa-Patagonia transition (Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
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The small-vertebrate assemblage of La Modesta site: A contribution to subsistence studies during the Middle Holocene in the Eastern Pampa-Patagonia transition (Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
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The small-vertebrate assemblage of La Modesta site: A contribution to subsistence studies during the Middle Holocene in the Eastern Pampa-Patagonia transition (Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
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small-vertebrate assemblage of la modesta site: a contribution to subsistence studies during the middle holocene in the eastern pampa-patagonia transition (buenos aires, argentina) |
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Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires |
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