Artículo
Maize consumption out of the production areas in southern South America (Norpatagonia, Argentina): Occasional production, foreigner consumers, or exchange?
Fecha de publicación:
06/2023
Editorial:
Academic Press
Revista:
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
ISSN:
0278-4165
e-ISSN:
1090-2686
Idioma:
Inglés
Tipo de recurso:
Artículo publicado
Clasificación temática:
Resumen
This paper discusses the maize consumption record among hunter-gatherers outside assumed production areas in northeastern Patagonia. We evaluated if this anomalous record is the result of occasional events of local production/consumption; the transport of the microremains in the teeth of individuals after consuming maize in non-local production areas; or the local consumption of maize after its transport/exchange from production areas. Archaeobotanical results showed that analyzed individuals, including maize-consumers, mainly consumed local wild plants. Maize was not cultivated locally, and its consumption was unusual but not extraordinary in northeastern Patagonia. Oxygen isotope values of analyzed individuals are strongly compatible with local water sources, which imply that the mobility range of them must have not exceeded extra-Andean North Patagonia. For this reason, the most plausible explanation for the presence of maize in the local archaeological record is that this plant to have entered northeastern Patagonia through exchange, probably from southern Andes (central Chile or central-west Argentina).
Palabras clave:
DENTAL CALCULUS
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HUNTER-GATHERERS
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PATAGONIA
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VEGETAL MICROREMAINS
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ZEA MAYS
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Articulos(CCT - LA PLATA)
Articulos de CTRO.CIENTIFICO TECNOL.CONICET - LA PLATA
Articulos de CTRO.CIENTIFICO TECNOL.CONICET - LA PLATA
Citación
Saghessi, Daniela; Lopez, María Laura; Serna, Alejandro; Prates, Luciano Raúl; Maize consumption out of the production areas in southern South America (Norpatagonia, Argentina): Occasional production, foreigner consumers, or exchange?; Academic Press; Journal of Anthropological Archaeology; 70; 6-2023; 1-11
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