LA FRACTURACIÓN DE HUESOS LARGOS DURANTE EL HOLOCENO MEDIO EN EL MACIZO DEL DESEADO. IMPLICANCIAS PARA EL ESTUDIO DEL APROVECHAMIENTO DE LOS GUANACOS

MARCHIONI, LAURA; GARCÍA AÑINO, ELOISA; LAURA MIOTTI

Comechingonia

AREA DE ETNOHISTORIA Y ARQUEOLOGÍA C.E.H. PROF. CARLOS S.A. SEGRETI - U.A. CONICET

Lugar: Cordoba; Año: 2019 vol. 23 p. 81 - 110

1851-0027

In the present work we evaluate the existing variability in the fracture patterns of the long bones of the Lama guanicoe (guanaco) during the Middle Holocene in the Central Plateau of Santa Cruz (Argentine Patagonia). To do this, we analyzed the zooarchaeological assemblages of layer 2 of AEP-1 of Piedra Museo and of component 2 of Cueva Maripe. Both contexts are located in different sector of the Zanjones Rojo and Blanco basin, which in previous works have been defined as domestic sites with different activity areas (Cattáneo 2002; García Añino 2018; Lynch 2014; Marchionni 2013). The work goals is to reach a better understanding of the use and exploitation strategies of the guanacos by hunter-gatherers that inhabit this region and provide fine-grained information for the study of the registered variability in the sites that we usually define as of multiple activities. The study focuses on the analysis of the different activities that involve the intentional fracturing of bones. The results show differences among assemblages, which are expressed as a greater variety of activities in Cueva Maripe site.