IDENTIFICATION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF CARBONIZED FRUITS AND SEEDS FROM FORMATIVE ARCHAEOLOGICAL Srn:s FROM THE WESTERN SLOPE 01' 'IHE ACONQUUA (PROV. CATAMAIlCA, RCA. ARGENTINA)

Authors

  • María Lelia Pochettino
  • María Cristina Scattolini

Keywords:

Archeetnobotany, Charred fruits, Carbonized seeds, Phaseolus vulgaris var, Aborigines, Northwest, Argentina, Catamarca,

Abstract

Carbooizeddiaeminulea«Zeilmays L., Geo/froetI~(Hook. ctAm. )Burt., P1uIseoIus 1IfIlgtll'is 1.. varo 1IfIlgtll'is aod P1rtDeoIIIs 11fIlgrITUvar. 1Iborig;-, (Hurt.) Baudet, bave bccu fouDd in Ibn:e Fonnative an:bacoIogic:alllillca from tbc WCáCm a10pe al tbc Acooquija (Prov. Caiamarca, Rca. Argc:otiDa). 1bc remaiDa DIve bcc:o idcntified using extemal aod intemal morpboIogical cbaradas aod alIIIJlBring Iban wbi1h modcrn mataial. Thc3c ranains « PIuIseobu vulgtll'is varo tIborigbteus wouId be tbc first archadogical report of lICedsof tbc wild bcan. 1bc signifiance oftbcac IDa is CDlDined regarding the associak:d prebistoric canmunities aod ils environmet.

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