CADIC   02618
CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Ethnoarchaeology and residues in bone tools from Tierra del Fuego (Argentina).
Autor/es:
ZURRO, D, BRIZ, I. & ÁLVAREZ, M.
Lugar:
Rome
Reunión:
Workshop; An Integration of Use -Wear and Residues Analysis for the identification of the function of Archaeological Stone tools; 2012
Institución organizadora:
Sapienza Universitá It Roma
Resumen:
This Paper presents the analysis of residues extracted fromawns recovered in a shell-midden site from Tierra del Fuego island (Argentina)located in the uttermost tip of Soouth America. Our Projet in Tierra del Fuego has been undertaken underan Etnoarchaeological perspective that implies the simuyltaneousanalysis of ethnographical as well as archaeological data. The Ethnological record is used in order to generate hypothesis to confront against the archaeological record. Oneof the aimsof our reserch has beento focus on the methodological developmentof the dicipline; openning new avenues for reserch in Hunter-gatherer archaeology. following this line, one of the goals is to broaden archaeological reserch, focusing on non-traditional materials or formulating alternative approaches with new techniques, etc. The yamana were hunter-gatherer groups that inhabited the southernmost extreme of Southamerica living on the basis of sea and coastal resources consumption from the Middle Holocene until their dissappearance at the beginnings of the 20 Th century. Ethnological data states than awns were made with bird bones and were used by women when making basketry. baskets were part of the basic material assenblage of the Yamana, mayinly used for gathering, shellfish, fruit or fungus. We present the residue analysis carried out on three awns coming from the site Lanushuaia II( northen shore of the Beagle channel, Tierra del Fuego, (Argentina). This site presents an inususal amount of awns in comparison to other sites in the region. We discuss the results and their probable relation with raw material used known to have been used for basketry by the Yamana.