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-R243-article-58252023-11-08T12:08:29Z 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) Alcaraz, Ana Paula Middle Holocene Lower Colorado River Surface contexts Zooarchaeological studies Taphonomy Holoceno medio Curso inferior del río Colorado Contextos superficiales Estudios zooarqueológicos Tafonomía 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. Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2020-07-15 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/5825 10.34096/arqueologia.t26.n2.5825 Arqueología; Vol. 26 Núm. 2 (2020): mayo-agosto; 103-126 Arqueología; Vol 26 No 2 (2020): May-August; 103-126 1853-8126 0327-5159 spa http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/5825/7204 Derechos de autor 2020 Arqueología |
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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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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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Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires |
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