Zooarqueología de la transición prehispánica y posthispánica del sitio arqueológico Casa de Piedra de Ortega (Río Negro, Argentina)

Guillermo, Ailín A.

doi:10.34096/arqueologia.t24.n1.4240

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“…A mediados del siglo XIX se menciona, asimismo, la utilización de los cueros de las ovejas para confeccionar camas (Cox, 1863, p. 140). La presencia de los restos óseos de ovejas es bastante frecuente en sitios arqueológicos posthispánicos, aunque su impacto en la subsistencia indígena varía según la región (Guillermo, 2017;Lanza, 2006Lanza, , 2013, y literatura allí citada). Este cambio en el uso de los recursos animales no estaría siendo visible en los sitios de la MA, posiblemente debido a la ausencia de contextos fechados para momentos posteriores al contacto hispano-indígena.…”

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The elusive zooarchaeological record of Somuncurá. An analysis of its distribution and variability

Terranova,

Miotti,

Marchionni

et al. 2024

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When we began studies on the Somuncurá plateau our expectations of finding abundant zooarchaeological material were great, because we would be working in the collective hunting fields reported by 19th century chroniclers. However, and although we obtained numerous archaeological results, the archaeofaunal record is scarce compared to the abundance of lithic materials, art or stone structures. Thus, the goal of this work is to evaluate the current state of knowledge contributed by this line of evidence to the study of plateau hunter-gatherer societies. For this, we considered the spatial distribution of these items, their archaeological contexts, the faunal structure of each assemblage and the presence of modifications of the bone surfaces in order to evaluate the role played by the different agents (natural and cultural) in the formation of assemblages, their importance for the preservation of this very elusive record in Somuncurá, and, finally, to contribute some trends that allow discussing the use of resources and whether the two sectors of the plateau exhibit differences. The taphonomic results at site scale do not indicate integrity problems that would explain the low frequency of this type of records, and raise the need to explore this problem at larger spatial scales. The zooarchaeological trends suggest that during the late Holocene, guanacos would have been the main species used by the societies that inhabited Somuncurá and that by the mid-19th century, these societies began to use fauna of European origin as a complement, in addition to native fauna.

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The elusive zooarchaeological record of Somuncurá. An analysis of its distribution and variability

Terranova,

Miotti,

Marchionni

et al. 2024

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“…Although existing archaeozoological data on domestic horses is minimal, previous scholarship has identified horse remains from Indigenous cultural contexts in Argentina from the eastern Pampas (19) and the Andean front (20). In Patagonia, some horse remains from previously identified archaeological contexts show the presence of horse in both colonial and Aonik'enk assemblages (21)(22)(23)(24). At Laguna Cóndor, an Aonik'enk midden, three horse bones showed evidence for modification by humans, suggesting a minor role for horses in the diet (25).…”

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Interdisciplinary evidence for early domestic horse exploitation in southern Patagonia

Taylor,

Belardi,

Barberena

et al. 2023

Sci. Adv.

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The introduction of domestic horses transformed Indigenous societies across the grasslands of Argentina, leading to the emergence of specialized horse cultures across the Southern Cone. However, the dynamics of this introduction are poorly chronicled by historic records. Here, we apply archaeozoological and biomolecular techniques to horse remains from the site of Chorrillo Grande 1 in southern Argentina. Osteological and taphonomic analyses suggest that horses were pastorally managed and used for food by Aónikenk/Tehuelche hunter-gatherers before the onset of permanent European settlement, as early as the mid-17th century. DNA-based sex identifications suggest consumption of both male and female horses, while ceramic residue also shows use of guanaco products. Sequential isotope analyses on horse dentition reveal an origin in southern Patagonia and movement of these animals between the Río Coig and Río Gallegos basins. These results reinforce emerging evidence for rapid Indigenous-mediated dispersal of horses in the Americas and demonstrate that horses catalyzed rapid economic and social transformations.

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“…For the last four decades, especially during the last one, the studies of the small mammal Late Quaternary fossil and recent assemblages from the Limay river basin (Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina) have strongly increased (e.g. Andrade, 2015;Cordero, 2011;Crivelli Montero et al, 1996, 2017Fernández et al, 2016Fernández et al, , 2018Guillermo et al, 2020aGuillermo et al, , 2020bGuillermo et al, , 2021Pardiñas, 1999;Pardiñas and Teta, 2013;Pearson, 1987;Pearson and Pearson, 1993;Silveira and Cordero, 2023;Tammone et al, 2014Tammone et al, , 2020Teta et al, 2005). The pool of taxonomic, taphonomic and paleoecological information about small rodents and marsupials recovered mostly from archeological contexts of the Limay river basin offers the opportunity to discuss the occurrence of periods of change and stability in the conformation of their communities through the Holocene and post-hispanic times, taken into account the main climatic events and the anthropic impact.…”

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Small mammal records from Limay river basin (Northwestern Patagonia) in the Anthropocene from a taphonomical and paleoecological perspective

Fernández,

Guillermo,

Cordero

et al. 2024

The Holocene

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The studies of the small mammal fossil and recent assemblages from the Limay river basin (Northwestern Patagonia) have strongly increased during the last decade. Taxonomic, taphonomic, and paleoecological information about small rodents and marsupials recovered from fossil sites offers the opportunity to discuss the periods of change and stability in the conformation of their communities through the Anthropocene. Here, we used two large data matrix of fossil and recent small mammal samples. As starting point, we considered the small mammal record of Epullán Grande cave (LL thereafter), which covers the Early Holocene/Post-hispanic Period, in order to assess the impact of anthropic activities on the small mammal communities during the Anthropocene. The taphonomic analysis performed on the newness samples from LL confirms the predatory activity of Tyto furcata on sigmodontines and human consumption on caviomorphs (mostly for the last ca. 1000 years). The analysis of manganese oxide staining suggested higher levels of moisture during the earliest formation of the LL sequence. The taxonomic results indicate a major diversity in the small mammal fossil assemblages to the later periods of LL and other fossil sequences of the Limay basin of the Anthropocene. Conversely, opportunistic sigmodontines ( Abrothrix olivacea, Calomys musculinus, Eligmodontia spp. and Oligoryzomys longicaudatus) experienced a growth in the recent samples. Some stenoic and specialist species ( Euneomys spp., Lestodelphys halli, Loxodontomys micropus and Reithrodon auritus) were abundant in the temporal units associated with the Anthropocene, but now are in retraction. Additionally, the drop in the diversity of recent assemblages supports a restructuration of small mammal communities from Limay river basin occurred in the 20th century.

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Zooarqueología de la transición prehispánica y posthispánica del sitio arqueológico Casa de Piedra de Ortega (Río Negro, Argentina)

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The elusive zooarchaeological record of Somuncurá. An analysis of its distribution and variability

The elusive zooarchaeological record of Somuncurá. An analysis of its distribution and variability

Interdisciplinary evidence for early domestic horse exploitation in southern Patagonia

Small mammal records from Limay river basin (Northwestern Patagonia) in the Anthropocene from a taphonomical and paleoecological perspective

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