INVESTIGADORES
GIL adolfo Fabian
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
REGIONAL STABLE ISOTOPIC VALUE VARIABILITY IN WEST-CENTRAL/NORTH PATAGONIA (ARGENTINA)
Autor/es:
ADOLFO F. GIL, GUSTAVO A. NEME, ROBERT H. TYKOT, Y NICOLE SHELNUT
Lugar:
Puerto Rico
Reunión:
Congreso; 70º Anual Meeting Society for American Archaeology; 2006
Institución organizadora:
Society for American Archaeology
Resumen:
The central-western region of Argentina is thought to be the southern boundary of prehispanic maize agriculture while its neighbor region of North Patagonia is assumed to be populated by hunter-gatherers that never ate maize. In order to explore this variability, we present stable carbon and nitrogen isotope data from San Juan, Mendoza and Neuquén (Argentina). The isotopic information includes late Holocene human bone collagen and apatite and tooth enamel samples, and animal and plant food resources, from several environmental zones. With this information we discuss the role of maize and its temporal and spatial variability in this broad region.
