The use of capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) at Cerro Aguará and Barrancas del Paranacito sites (General Obligado Department, Santa Fe province)
This paper presents a revision of the archaeofaunal record of capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) from Cerro Aguará and Barrancas del Paranacito sites, both located on the northern sector of the middle Paraná floodplain, Santa Fe Province. The aim is to explore the relationships between the people...
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Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/Arqueologia/article/view/7698 https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=arqueo&d=7698_oai |
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| Sumario: | This paper presents a revision of the archaeofaunal record of capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) from Cerro Aguará and Barrancas del Paranacito sites, both located on the northern sector of the middle Paraná floodplain, Santa Fe Province. The aim is to explore the relationships between the people who inhabited these sites and this large rodent during the Late Holocene. Despite its high availability and distribution, the representation of this species in archaeological sites related to the Paraná River wetlands is scarce. The sites analyzed in this paper present one of the higher frequencies in the middle section. For this analysis, the taxonomical and anatomical abundance of this species were calculated, and anthropic modifications were examined in order to infer the human activities involved in the processing of this resource. Also, the incidence of taphonomic disturbances was macroscopically recorded, observing weathering, root, rodents, and carnivores marks, as well as chemical alterations. Documentary, ethnographical, and ethnohistorical sources were also used, as a reference frame for interpreting the information. Results indicate that, in the cases analyzed here, this species became relevant as evidenced by its integral exploitation as a food resource and raw material for artifact manufacture. This exploitation of the specie stands out in the middle Parana River floodplain, where its representation surpasses 1 % of the NISP only in few sites. |
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