Dinámica fluvial, paleoambientes y ocupaciones humanas en la localidad arqueológica Paso Otero, río Quequén Grande, Provincia de Buenos Aires

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12/2006
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Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales
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Intersecciones en Antropología
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1666-2105
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En la localidad arqueológica Paso Otero, cuenca media del río Quequén Grande, se han desarrollado estudios geoarqueológicos que permitieron realizar un esquema de la evolución ambiental del sector desde el Pleistoceno tardío, teniendo en cuenta el potencial de cada unidad geológica para el registro de actividades humanas, y los procesos de formación involucrados. En este marco pudo evaluarse la situación estratigráfica y paleoambiental de las "pilas óseas" recuperadas en el sitio Paso Otero 1, vinculando su ocurrencia con la presencia de discordancias erosivas ocasionadas por flujos turbulentos. Se postula asimismo que la escasez de registro arqueológico en el Holoceno medio en este valle (y otros del área pampeana) se relaciona con el desarrollo de ambientes muy poco propicios para la ocupación humana, como son los bañados y lagunas someras que caracterizan al Miembro Río Salado de la Formación Luján, unidades que por otra parte resultan las mejores representadas entre las correspondientes a ese intervalo en los valles pampeanos.
Geoarchaeological research at Paso Otero locality, middle basin of the Quequén Grande River (Buenos Aires Province), was carried out to schematize the environmental evolution of this valley since the late Pleistocene. The potential human use of each geological unit was established, along with the formation processes of the archaeological record. From within this framework the stratigraphic and environmental context of four guanaco bone concentrations (piles) recovered from Paso Otero 1 site were analyzed. The occurrence of the piles was related to two major erosive discordances produced by turbulent floods. As such, this paper postulates a strong relationship between the lack of mid-Holocene archaeological remains in this valley (and other valleys of the Pampean region) and the presence of lacustrine and paludal environments that inhibited human occupation of these areas during that period, such as the shallow lagoons and wetlands that characterize the Río Salado member of the Luján Formation, which are also the best represented deposits of that age in Pampean valleys.
Geoarchaeological research at Paso Otero locality, middle basin of the Quequén Grande River (Buenos Aires Province), was carried out to schematize the environmental evolution of this valley since the late Pleistocene. The potential human use of each geological unit was established, along with the formation processes of the archaeological record. From within this framework the stratigraphic and environmental context of four guanaco bone concentrations (piles) recovered from Paso Otero 1 site were analyzed. The occurrence of the piles was related to two major erosive discordances produced by turbulent floods. As such, this paper postulates a strong relationship between the lack of mid-Holocene archaeological remains in this valley (and other valleys of the Pampean region) and the presence of lacustrine and paludal environments that inhibited human occupation of these areas during that period, such as the shallow lagoons and wetlands that characterize the Río Salado member of the Luján Formation, which are also the best represented deposits of that age in Pampean valleys.
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