Management of Vegetal Resources in Late Societies of the Northern Santa María Valley: A Case Study at El Pichao Site (S Tuc Tav 5), Tucumán, Argentina
This work seeks to contribute from archaeobotany to the knowledge of the cultural complexity of the Santa María Valley, particularly to the problems of subsistence and the management of plant resources by the domestic units of these groups during the periods of Regional Developments and later (900 t...
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Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Museo de Antropología
2024
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/44179 |
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| Sumario: | This work seeks to contribute from archaeobotany to the knowledge of the cultural complexity of the Santa María Valley, particularly to the problems of subsistence and the management of plant resources by the domestic units of these groups during the periods of Regional Developments and later (900 to 1665 AD). For this purpose, the analysis of charred macroremains recovered from a domestic unit (Unit 100) and a productive area (Unit 101) of the “El Pichao” site (S Tuc Tav 5, Tucumán) during the excavations carried out between 2002 and 2005, was undertaken as a case study. Samples were recovered using flotation techniques, complemented by manual recovery. In total, 41,453 macroremains were recovered, of which 2,337 correspond to fragments of fruits and seeds and the rest to charred wood; identifying the following taxa: Zea mays, Phaseolus vulgaris, Geoffroea decorticans, Cucurbita spp., Neltuma alba/nigra, Strombocarpa torquata, Celtis ehrenbergiana, Schinus areira, Trichocereus atacamensis, Portulaca spp., amarantaceae and reed/rush stems. The results suggest that domestic units in these late societies had no restrictions on the access and consumption of plant resources (food and non-food) available locally and regionally. Furthermore, they indicate a strong complementarity between agricultural practices and the collection of wild fruits, such as “algarroba”. |
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