INVESTIGADORES
ALVAREZ Myrian Rosa
artículos
Título:
The use of shells as tools by hunters-gatherers in the Beagle Channel (Tierra del Fuego, South America): an ethnoarchaeological experiment
Autor/es:
MALAINEY, MARY; ALVAREZ, MYRIAN; BRIZ, IVAN; ZURRO, DÉBORA; VERDÚN, ESTER; FIGOL, TIMOTHY
Revista:
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
Editorial:
springer
Referencias:
Año: 2014
ISSN:
1866-9557
Resumen:
This paper presents the results of the analysis of lipid residues extracted from two Aulacomya ater shells and a single Mytilus edulis shell found in the hunter-fisher-gatherer site of Lanashuaia II (Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina). According to existing ethnographic information, the shells could have been used as receptacles (like spoons) by the Yamana people that inhabited the region. Higher concentrations of lipid residues were recovered from both Aulacomya ater shells than from the sedimentary control sample analyzed. This is consistent with existing accounts that these types of shells were used as containers to cook or melt fat rich foods. The composition of lipids extracted from archaeological shell was significantly different from the degraded reference cooking residues prepared from modern Aulacomya ater shells.
