First results of the fitholithic composition studies of the sedimentary sequence of Alfar archaeological site (eastern pampas, Argentina)

BONOMO, M.; OSTERRIETH, M.L.; LEON, D.C.

Mar del Plata

Congreso; 7º International Meeting Phytolith Research y 4º Southamerican Meeting Phytolith Research; 2008

The first results of the phytolith research on a sedimentary sequence from the Alfar archaeological site are presented. The aims of this analysis are to identify the vegetetation associations and to contribute to the reconstruction of past environments during the hunter-gatherers occupation of the site in the mid-Holocene. Besides, this is complemented with other proxy evidence derived from the zooarchaeological study of the bone remains found in the site. Alfar is located in Mar del Plata.