Domestic activities during the III-VIII centuries AD in Potrerillos Valley (San Ignacio, Mendoza). An osteometric, ceramic and lithic technology approach
San Ignacio, in the Valley of Portrerillos was occupied during the third to eighth centuries A.D. by groups that constructed pit ovens and occupied semi-subterranean houses. It is one of the few systematically recorded domestic contexts in the valley. The site is presented and characterized through...
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Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Museo de Antropología
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/5476 |
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| Sumario: | San Ignacio, in the Valley of Portrerillos was occupied during the third to eighth centuries A.D. by groups that constructed pit ovens and occupied semi-subterranean houses. It is one of the few systematically recorded domestic contexts in the valley. The site is presented and characterized through the osteometric analysis of camelids, the organization of lithic technology, and typological and morphofunctional analyses of ceramics. Diverse domestic activities combined the exploitation of wild and domestic camelids, as well as cultigens. Architectural features and material patterns from the interior of the habitation imply a permanent occupation. The analyzed ceramics were associated with the style Agrelo-Calingasta from the regional Early-Middle Agro-ceramic period. The settlement may be part of a mobility circuit for the utilization of diverse resources in high altitude zones. Moreover, participation in exchange networks is suggested by the presence of ceramics similar to those used by cultural complexes on the western slopes of the Andes and the identification of an especially large camelid morphotype, apt for carrying out caravans. |
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