Ancient Hunting Strategies in Southern South America Editors: Belardi, J.B., Bozzuto, D.L., Fernández, P.M., Moreno, E.A., Neme, G.A. (Eds.), 2021
In this chapter we discuss the strategies used by hunter-gatherers to capture guanaco (Lama guani... more In this chapter we discuss the strategies used by hunter-gatherers to capture guanaco (Lama guanicoe) in the southeastern Pampas during the Late Holocene (ca. 3500 to 500 14 C years BP). We summarize the analysis of different evidence (e.g., mortality and skeletal part profiles, sex structure, weapons systems) obtained from four archaeological sites; three associated with the initial Late Holocene (ca. 3400-1700 14 C years BP; Calera, Nutria Mansa 1, and Empalme Querandíes 1) and one with the final Late Holocene (ca. 1300-800 14 C years BP; Hangar). Results indicate that during the initial Late Holocene, the guanaco hunting tactics were focused on family groups and troops of males. At this time, bola stones were more frequently used as thrown weapons. On the other hand, during the final Late Holocene, there is a significant quantity of small triangular projectile points linked with the use of bow and arrow, indicating a change in the Pampas weapon systems. The landscape geomorphology in which some of the archaeological sites are located allows us to suggest the use of active traps during the Late Holocene. River junctions and dune ridges were places where it would have been possible to enclose the principal prey of pre-Hispanic indigenous populations that inhabited the Pampas for millennia.
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domestic and funerary contexts but also set the first stage for forthcoming provenance research, integrating multiple archaeometric techniques to unravel the origins of these compelling pigments.
550/650ºC, and two were subjected to temperatures above 800/900ºC. These results, joined with ethnoarchaeological, experimental, and archaeological evidence, allowed us to read into the wide range of firing temperatures detected (< 550ºC and > 800ºC) as indicative of firing in open structures (i.e., bonfires or pits). In addition, this data allowed us to
discuss different firing conditions hypotheses proposed in previous research and to develop an experimental program that will allow us to know different aspects of the pre-Hispanic firing procedures.
funcionais estabelecidas para a cerâmica Guarani: japepo (panela), ñaetá (caçarola), ña’ẽmbé, ou tembiyru (prato), kambuchi (cântaro) e kambuchi kaguava (copo). A análise dos microvestígios extraídos do interior destas vasilhas permitiu identificar, além de espículas de espongiários, a presença de fitólitos de gramíneas (principalmente da família Poaceae) e grãos de amido de plantas cultivadas (Zea mays e Cucurbita sp.). Através da correlação entre o conteúdo vegetal e as alterações tafonômicas observadas em alguns microvestígios, se discutem os usos dados às vasilhas e os alcances da taxonomia funcional baseada na analogia etnohistórica.
domestic and funerary contexts but also set the first stage for forthcoming provenance research, integrating multiple archaeometric techniques to unravel the origins of these compelling pigments.
550/650ºC, and two were subjected to temperatures above 800/900ºC. These results, joined with ethnoarchaeological, experimental, and archaeological evidence, allowed us to read into the wide range of firing temperatures detected (< 550ºC and > 800ºC) as indicative of firing in open structures (i.e., bonfires or pits). In addition, this data allowed us to
discuss different firing conditions hypotheses proposed in previous research and to develop an experimental program that will allow us to know different aspects of the pre-Hispanic firing procedures.
funcionais estabelecidas para a cerâmica Guarani: japepo (panela), ñaetá (caçarola), ña’ẽmbé, ou tembiyru (prato), kambuchi (cântaro) e kambuchi kaguava (copo). A análise dos microvestígios extraídos do interior destas vasilhas permitiu identificar, além de espículas de espongiários, a presença de fitólitos de gramíneas (principalmente da família Poaceae) e grãos de amido de plantas cultivadas (Zea mays e Cucurbita sp.). Através da correlação entre o conteúdo vegetal e as alterações tafonômicas observadas em alguns microvestígios, se discutem os usos dados às vasilhas e os alcances da taxonomia funcional baseada na analogia etnohistórica.
1) Introducción a la Arqueometría. Responsables: Dr. Mariano Bonomo (FCNyM) y Dra. Norma Ratto (FCNyM-UBA)
2) Datación radiocarbónica. Responsable: Lic. Florencia Mari (Laboratorio de Radiocarbono del CIG)
3) Zooarqueología y tafonomía. Responsables: Dras. Laura Miotti (FCNyM) y María Gutiérrez (INCUAPA)
4) Geoarqueometría. Responsables: Dras. Carola Castiñeira y Adriana Blasi (División Mineralogía del Museo de La Plata)
5) Isótopos estables. Responsables: Dres. Adolfo Gil (LIECA) y Augusto Tessone (INGEIS)
6) Residuos orgánicos. Responsable: Dra. Irene Lantos (IDECU, UBA-CONICET)
7) Arqueometría de cerámicas arqueológicas. Responsables: Dras. María Emilia Iucci (Laboratorio de Análisis Cerámico, FCNyM) y Violeta Di Prado (INCUAPA-FCNyM)
8) Estudio integral de materiales líticos. Responsables: Dras. Virginia Lynch y Marcela Leipus (FCNyM)
9) Arqueobotánica. Responsables: Dras. Aylen Caparelli (FCNyM) y Mariana Brea y equipo (CICyTTP-Diamante)
10) Prospección geofísica y teledetección. Responsable: Dr. Santiago Perdomo (Facultad de Astronomía, UNLP)
11) Genética para casos arqueológicos. Responsables: Dr. Ivan Perez (FCNyM) y Dra. Bárbara Postillone (FCNyM)
12) Principios de la conservación arqueológica. Responsable: Gabriela Ammirati (Museo Etnográfico, UBA)
13) Arqueometalurgia. Responsable: Dra. Florencia Becerra (UBA)
14) Rayos-x y electrones para caracterización de materiales arqueológicos. Responsable: Lic. Bernarda Epele (Y-TEC, UNAJ)
Comienzo: 20 de marzo de 2024
Duración: 9 meses. Carga horaria total de 320 hs, distribuidas en 11 cursos y 3 talleres
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Consultas sobre aranceles y plan de estudio: arqueometria@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar