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TRENDS IN FOOD CONSUMPTION IN THE PRE-HISPANIC SOCIETIES OF QUEBRADA DE HUMAHUACA (JUJUY, ARGENTINA)
TENDENCIAS EN EL CONSUMO DE ALIMENTOS EN LAS SOCIEDADES PREHISPÁNICAS DE QUEBRADA DE HUMAHUACA (JUJUY, ARGENTINA)
Violeta A. Killian Galván, Verónica Seldes, Clarisa Otero, M. Clara Rivolta and Axel E. Nielsen
The aim of this paper is to present the carbon (δ13C and δ13C ) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopic compositions of the collagen apatite human bone record of 19 individuals found in archaeological sites of Quebrada de Humahuaca (Jujuy, Argentina), associated with occupations between the Late Formative (ca. 500-900 AD), the Regional Development Period (900 - 1430 AD) and the Inca Period (ca. 1430 AD - 1536 AD). Previously published, results were also considered, allowing for a total of 41 individuals analyzed for the study area. The characterization of these societies by paleodietary reconstruction is discussed considering models of social and productive organization proposed for the region. A Bayesian mixing model was used for data analysis, integrating isotopic values of modern plants from Quebrada de Humahuaca and camelidae fauna specimens from the phytogeographic provinces of Puna and Prepuna of Jujuy. Our results indicate that diet composition did not vary considerably over time, with maize (and/or amaranth) being the predominant resource since the time of consolidation of the agro-pastoral economies.
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ANTHROPIC CAMELID PROCESSING PATTERNS DURING THE PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE TRANSITION IN CUEVA TÚNEL, CENTRAL PLATEAU OF SANTA CRUZ, ARGENTINA
PATRONES DE PROCESAMIENTO ANTRÓPICO DE CAMÉLIDOS DURANTE LA TRANSICIÓN PLEISTOCENO-HOLOCENO EN CUEVA TÚNEL, MESETA CENTRAL DE SANTA CRUZ, ARGENTINA
Catalina Valiza Davis, Diego Damián Rindel and Rafael Sebastián Paunero
This paper aims to study a bone assemblage deposited in the Cueva Túnel site, located in the Central Plateau of Santa Cruz, Argentina. The site covers a temporal range that dates from late Pleistocene to Late Holocene. We focus on its lower component, dating back to ca. 10500 years BP, which presents a wide diversity of fauna, including several extinct species. Faunal remains have been found that correspond to three camelids species: Lama guanicoe, Hemiauchenia paradoxa and Lama gracilis. The objective of this paper, then, is to analyze the consumption patterns of camelids, as they are the most represented taxa in the analyzed assemblage. This situation is repeated in other sites corresponding to the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in southern Patagonia, indicating the economic importance that camelids have had throughout the initial Patagonia colonization process. However, the strategies employed in the processing and consumption of these taxa, and the inter-taxonomic differences in the exploitation of these resources have not been investigated in detail. To achieve this, we consider the following variables: taxonomic assignment, frequency of skeletal parts, evidence of taphonomic agents and the study of human processing and consumption marks. These data are contextualized with information about the ecological environment, in order to present a characterization of the subsistence and mobility patterns of the first human groups that populated the interior sectors of southern Patagonia.
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