Phytoliths in microfossil assemblages once more called to understand unknown functional analysis. The case of the Inka ?celdas? at Northwestern Argentina

KORSTANJE, MARÍA ALEJANDRA; WILLIAMS, VERÓNICA; TADDEI SALINAS, LAURA; ZAPATIEL, JULIETA

Wuhan

Encuentro; 11th International meeting on Phytolith research; 2018

We seek for the role of Inca architectural structures that are registered in distinct Andean areas, informally called "celdas" (prison cells).We sampled two diffeerent sites with "celdas" in Northwestern Argentina to analyze them under multiple microfossil methodology, with the aim of understand if there is a regular pattern of use and functionality or ther may be also used for different purposes.