Macrorrestos vegetales del sitio arqueológico Cueva de los Corrales (El Infiernillo, Tafi del Valle, Tucumán)

CARRIZO, JULIETA; OLISZEWSKI, NURIT; MARTÍNEZ, JORGE G.

Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales

MACN

Lugar: Buenos Aires; Año: 2003 vol. 5 p. 236 - 260

1514-5158

This paper deals on the analysis of the archaeobotanical records of the site Cueva delos Corrales (CC1) located in El Infiernillo, Tafí del Valle, Tucumán. CC1 has offeredseveral levels occupied by farmer groups, therefore posterior to ca. 2000 - 1500 years B.P.The main objective is to fulfil the taxonomic identifications of the archaeobotanicmacroremains. The cave shows two well defined sectors with antropic occupation: one insidewith stratifyed layers and another in the entrance with four mortars digged in the basal rock.The archaeobotanical records include different vegetables in excellent conservationstate, coming as much from the stratified layers as from the mortars. For their taxonomicidentification the samples were analysed with microscope specifying taxa by externalcharacters. The taxonomic analysis allowed distinguish the following families: Asteraceae (2 species), Cucurbitaceae (1 specie), Fabaceae (4 species), Malvaceae (1 specie), Verbenaceae (1 specie), Bromeliaceae (1 specie) and Poaceae (7 species).The archaeobotanical records would be the result of different activities, among them,the indicting of edible vegetables and the eolic effect.