RESTOS ARQUEOBOTÁNICOS DEL SITIO ARQUEOLÓGICO FUERTE SANCTI SPIRITUS, SANTA FE, ARGENTINA.

M. DE LOS MILAGROS COLOBIG; ZUCOL A.F. ; BREA M.; FRANCO J.M.; PASSEGGI E.; COCCO G.; SÁNCHEZ-PINTO I.

COMECHINGONIA. Revista de Arqueología.

Revistas de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Lugar: Cordoba; Año: 2017 vol. 21 p. 275 - 304

0326-7911

The Sancti Spiritus settlement was established at some undetermined time between May andAugust 1527 at the Carcarañá and Coronda rivers confluence, when an expedition commanded bySebastián Caboto arrived. This archaeological site focus on the beginning of the European presenceand the introduction of new plant species in the region. The results obtained from the phytoliths andarchaeological charcoals analysis contribute with new data because plants introduced in a Hispano-indigenous context of the early 16th century were identified. Charcoals assigned to gymnosperms hadto be introduced by colonizers from Europe because material was identified as wild pine (Pinussylvestris) and yew (Taxus baccata). The presence of gymnosperms in an Argentine archaeologicalsite represents the oldest material evidence of exotic wood in historical moments. The identifiedphytolytic associations respond to plants related to local grasses (Maideae and Oryzoideae) and a typeof introduced plant, as is the case of the forms related to wheat (Triticeae). The archaeobotanicalanalyzes contribute information that, with historical records, provide elements for the reconstructionof this event relevant to Hispanic American history.