The zooarchaeological record of Monte León National Park (Santa Cruz, Argentina): a view from Cabeza de León 1 archaeological site

Cabeza de León 1 archaeological site is a landmark in the Monte León National Park due to its varied and abundant archaeological record. The information gathered so far mainly derives from the study of surface materials. Previous studies were aimed at presenting a first approach to investigate the s...

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Autor principal: Muñoz, A. Sebastián
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2016
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Acceso en línea:http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/2238
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/suquia/18826
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topic Zooarchaeology
Cabeza de León
Monte León National Park
Patagonia
Zooarqueología
Cabeza de León
Parque Nacional Monte León
Patagonia
spellingShingle Zooarchaeology
Cabeza de León
Monte León National Park
Patagonia
Zooarqueología
Cabeza de León
Parque Nacional Monte León
Patagonia
Muñoz, A. Sebastián
The zooarchaeological record of Monte León National Park (Santa Cruz, Argentina): a view from Cabeza de León 1 archaeological site
topic_facet Zooarchaeology
Cabeza de León
Monte León National Park
Patagonia
Zooarqueología
Cabeza de León
Parque Nacional Monte León
Patagonia
description Cabeza de León 1 archaeological site is a landmark in the Monte León National Park due to its varied and abundant archaeological record. The information gathered so far mainly derives from the study of surface materials. Previous studies were aimed at presenting a first approach to investigate the site archaeological richness as well as evaluating amateur’s impact on it. This paper presents the zooarchaeological analysis of bone material from stratigraphy in order to address two main issues. First it offers a complete zooarchaeological perspective on site stratigraphic materials and, second it analyses this data in relation to previous studies. The analysis shows that the bone assemblage is the result of abundant refuse of material debris, although not a continuous one. The resulting taphonomic signature is similar to other bone deposits which are not associated to mollusk refuse concentrations. Mammal bones display human bone modifications among which cut and chop are the most important marks. Hence bone disposal was mainly due to human activities which were related to carcass dismembering and defleshing.
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title The zooarchaeological record of Monte León National Park (Santa Cruz, Argentina): a view from Cabeza de León 1 archaeological site
title_short The zooarchaeological record of Monte León National Park (Santa Cruz, Argentina): a view from Cabeza de León 1 archaeological site
title_full The zooarchaeological record of Monte León National Park (Santa Cruz, Argentina): a view from Cabeza de León 1 archaeological site
title_fullStr The zooarchaeological record of Monte León National Park (Santa Cruz, Argentina): a view from Cabeza de León 1 archaeological site
title_full_unstemmed The zooarchaeological record of Monte León National Park (Santa Cruz, Argentina): a view from Cabeza de León 1 archaeological site
title_sort zooarchaeological record of monte león national park (santa cruz, argentina): a view from cabeza de león 1 archaeological site
publisher Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
publishDate 2016
url http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/2238
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/suquia/18826
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