n ethnoarchaeological study on anthropic markers from a shell-midden in Tierra del Fuego: Lanashuaia II

ZURRO, D.; ALVAREZ, M.; BRIZ, I.; NEGRE, J.; RUIZ,J.

San Francisco

Congreso; SAA 80TH ANNUAL MEETING; 2015

SAA

Hunter-gatherer sites constitute often challenging research contexts within the discipline of archaeology; identifying and even defining whom Tierra del Fuego constitute an optimum arena for studying anthropic markers in hunter-gatherers sites for two reasons: a) good preservation of archaeological remains; b) a rich ethnographic record about hunter-fisher-gatherer societies who inhabited this region. The aim of this work is to present the first results of an intrasite spatial analysis, based on the distribution of different proxies and archaeological materials, carried out on a layer from the site Lanashuaia II, a shell midden located on the Beagle Channel coast (Tierra del Fuego, Argentina). Ethnoarchaeology is used as a methodological tool to give content to the concept of anthropic markers by means of formulating archaeological hypothesis on the basis of ethnological information. Geostatistical results are expected to be representative of the social uses of space, such us productive or consumption areas within the habitat and its surroundings.