Human corpse manipulation and the body as symbol: A case study from the Eastern Pampa–Patagonia transition (Argentina) during the Final Late Holocene

Human body manipulation and secondary burials are widespread funerary practices in many areas of the world. The archaeology of the Pampas and North-Eastern Patagonia, Argentina, is no exception. In this paper, archaeological case studies from the lower basin of the Colorado River during the Final La...

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Autores principales: Martinez, Gustavo Adolfo, Flensborg, Gustavo Ariel, Bayala, Pablo Darío
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier Inc 2011
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HUNTER-GATHERERS
EASTERN PAMPA-PATAGONIA TRANSITION
BODY MANIPULATION
SOCIAL INTERACTION NETWORKS AND GROUP IDENTITY
Historia
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/33563
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/33563
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Suquía - Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba (IDACOR, CONICET y UNC) de Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
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topic HUNTER-GATHERERS
EASTERN PAMPA-PATAGONIA TRANSITION
BODY MANIPULATION
SOCIAL INTERACTION NETWORKS AND GROUP IDENTITY
Historia
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
spellingShingle HUNTER-GATHERERS
EASTERN PAMPA-PATAGONIA TRANSITION
BODY MANIPULATION
SOCIAL INTERACTION NETWORKS AND GROUP IDENTITY
Historia
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
Martinez, Gustavo Adolfo
Flensborg, Gustavo Ariel
Bayala, Pablo Darío
Human corpse manipulation and the body as symbol: A case study from the Eastern Pampa–Patagonia transition (Argentina) during the Final Late Holocene
topic_facet HUNTER-GATHERERS
EASTERN PAMPA-PATAGONIA TRANSITION
BODY MANIPULATION
SOCIAL INTERACTION NETWORKS AND GROUP IDENTITY
Historia
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
description Human body manipulation and secondary burials are widespread funerary practices in many areas of the world. The archaeology of the Pampas and North-Eastern Patagonia, Argentina, is no exception. In this paper, archaeological case studies from the lower basin of the Colorado River during the Final Late Holocene (ca. 1000–250 years BP) are presented and discussed. Secondary burials were recovered that indicated an intentional manipulation of bodies. Evidences of cut marks and the coloring of bone surfaces were recorded. The bundles were composed of individuals of both sexes and diverse age categories. The Pampean region and North-Eastern Patagonia witnessed significant hunter–gatherer population dynamics during the last 1000 years BP. Climatic, ecologic, demographic, and economic explanations have been proposed as the background to these changes. In this paper, it is argued that accompanying these factors, as part of a broader socio-cultural scenario, were significant social interaction networks and processes of social complementarity between groups. In this context, it is proposed that the complexity observed in relation to the handling of bodies is part of a worldview in which the body was seen as material culture – as a symbol – that played an important role for the community in group identity maintenance in a cultural context undergoing significant organizational changes.
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author Martinez, Gustavo Adolfo
Flensborg, Gustavo Ariel
Bayala, Pablo Darío
author_facet Martinez, Gustavo Adolfo
Flensborg, Gustavo Ariel
Bayala, Pablo Darío
author_sort Martinez, Gustavo Adolfo
title Human corpse manipulation and the body as symbol: A case study from the Eastern Pampa–Patagonia transition (Argentina) during the Final Late Holocene
title_short Human corpse manipulation and the body as symbol: A case study from the Eastern Pampa–Patagonia transition (Argentina) during the Final Late Holocene
title_full Human corpse manipulation and the body as symbol: A case study from the Eastern Pampa–Patagonia transition (Argentina) during the Final Late Holocene
title_fullStr Human corpse manipulation and the body as symbol: A case study from the Eastern Pampa–Patagonia transition (Argentina) during the Final Late Holocene
title_full_unstemmed Human corpse manipulation and the body as symbol: A case study from the Eastern Pampa–Patagonia transition (Argentina) during the Final Late Holocene
title_sort human corpse manipulation and the body as symbol: a case study from the eastern pampa–patagonia transition (argentina) during the final late holocene
publisher Elsevier Inc
publishDate 2011
url http://hdl.handle.net/11336/33563
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/33563
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