Cultivated and wild plant micro-remains from ceramic fragments. First evidences from West-central Argentina

West-central Argentina was the southern limit of the spread of agriculture in South America until European arrival, and the consumption of agricultural products varied its intensity during the last 2,000 years. A first for this region, this paper analyzes plant micro-remains adhered to the surfaces...

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Autores principales: Prieto-Olavarría, Cristina, Chiavazza, Horacio, Musaubach, M. Gabriela
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Publicado: Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2019
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spelling I28-R145-6015_oai2025-11-17 Prieto-Olavarría, Cristina Chiavazza, Horacio Musaubach, M. Gabriela 2019-02-01 West-central Argentina was the southern limit of the spread of agriculture in South America until European arrival, and the consumption of agricultural products varied its intensity during the last 2,000 years. A first for this region, this paper analyzes plant micro-remains adhered to the surfaces of ceramic fragments from northern Mendoza archaeological sites: Rincón de Los Helados (pre-cordillera) and Memorial de la Bandera (piedmont). Our aim is to present a preliminary study on the use of plants between ca. 2,000 and 1,000 years BP, and thereby contribute to data concerning the function of ceramic vessels. The results indicate the presence of maize and algarrobo starch, supporting previous analyses of plant macro-remains and isotopes in human bones. El centro occidente argentino fue el límite meridional de la dispersión agrícola en Sudamérica hasta la llegada europea y el consumo de productos agrícolas tuvo diferentes intensidades en los últimos 2.000 años. En este trabajo se analizan por primera vez en la región los microrrestos vegetales adheridos a la superficie de fragmentos cerámicos de sitios del norte de Mendoza, Rincón de Los Helados (precordillera) y Memorial de la Bandera (piedemonte). El objetivo es analizar preliminarmente el uso de vegetales entre los ca. 2.000 y los 1.000 años AP y aportar al conocimiento de la función de las vasijas cerámicas. Los resultados indican la presencia de almidón de maíz y de algarrobo, lo que reafirma la propuesta surgida del análisis de macrorrestos y de isótopos en huesos humanos. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/6015 10.34096/arqueologia.t25.n1.6015 spa Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/6015/5382 Derechos de autor 2019 Cristina Prieto-Olavarría, Horacio Chiavazza, M. Gabriela Musaubach Arqueología; Vol. 25 No. 1 (2019): January-April; 221-231 Arqueología; Vol. 25 Núm. 1 (2019): enero-abril; 221-231 1853-8126 0327-5159 Centro occidente argentino Arqueobotánica Microrrestos vegetales Cerámica Maíz Algarrobo West-central Argentina Archaeobotany Plant micro-remains Pottery Maize Algarrobo Cultivated and wild plant micro-remains from ceramic fragments. First evidences from West-central Argentina Microrrestos de vegetales cultivados y silvestres en fragmentos cerámicos. Primeras evidencias en el Centro Occidente argentino info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=arqueo&d=6015_oai
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topic Centro occidente argentino
Arqueobotánica
Microrrestos vegetales
Cerámica
Maíz
Algarrobo
West-central Argentina
Archaeobotany
Plant micro-remains
Pottery
Maize
Algarrobo
spellingShingle Centro occidente argentino
Arqueobotánica
Microrrestos vegetales
Cerámica
Maíz
Algarrobo
West-central Argentina
Archaeobotany
Plant micro-remains
Pottery
Maize
Algarrobo
Prieto-Olavarría, Cristina
Chiavazza, Horacio
Musaubach, M. Gabriela
Cultivated and wild plant micro-remains from ceramic fragments. First evidences from West-central Argentina
topic_facet Centro occidente argentino
Arqueobotánica
Microrrestos vegetales
Cerámica
Maíz
Algarrobo
West-central Argentina
Archaeobotany
Plant micro-remains
Pottery
Maize
Algarrobo
description West-central Argentina was the southern limit of the spread of agriculture in South America until European arrival, and the consumption of agricultural products varied its intensity during the last 2,000 years. A first for this region, this paper analyzes plant micro-remains adhered to the surfaces of ceramic fragments from northern Mendoza archaeological sites: Rincón de Los Helados (pre-cordillera) and Memorial de la Bandera (piedmont). Our aim is to present a preliminary study on the use of plants between ca. 2,000 and 1,000 years BP, and thereby contribute to data concerning the function of ceramic vessels. The results indicate the presence of maize and algarrobo starch, supporting previous analyses of plant macro-remains and isotopes in human bones.
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author Prieto-Olavarría, Cristina
Chiavazza, Horacio
Musaubach, M. Gabriela
author_facet Prieto-Olavarría, Cristina
Chiavazza, Horacio
Musaubach, M. Gabriela
author_sort Prieto-Olavarría, Cristina
title Cultivated and wild plant micro-remains from ceramic fragments. First evidences from West-central Argentina
title_short Cultivated and wild plant micro-remains from ceramic fragments. First evidences from West-central Argentina
title_full Cultivated and wild plant micro-remains from ceramic fragments. First evidences from West-central Argentina
title_fullStr Cultivated and wild plant micro-remains from ceramic fragments. First evidences from West-central Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Cultivated and wild plant micro-remains from ceramic fragments. First evidences from West-central Argentina
title_sort cultivated and wild plant micro-remains from ceramic fragments. first evidences from west-central argentina
publisher Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
publishDate 2019
url https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/6015
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