Explotación y consumo de cérvidos en el litoral fluvial bonaerense durante el Holoceno tardío final: análisis de los sitios San Clemente VI y Las Marías

Abstract

The aim of this study is to evaluate the patterns of exploitation and consumption of deer, particularly Ozotoceros bezoarticus and Blastoceros dichotomus, by hunter-gatherer-fishermen that inhabited the coastal river of Buenos Aires Province during the final late Holocene. We present a comparative analysis of species represented in San Clemente VI (Punta Indio district) and Las Marías (Magdalena district) sites. These sites are located on a coastal environment of shell ridges where native forests develop. San Clemente VI has a C14 date of 935 ± 55 yr BP (on Lama guanicoe bone). It is an open air site where a single component was identified product of multiple activities. Las Marías site has two dates: 1820 ± 50 yr BP (on Pogonia chromis bone) and 1590 ± 40 yr BP (on Lama guanicoe bone), and has also been characterized as a multiple activities site. These studies comprise the construction and comparison of skeleton profiles for both sites, in order to establish whether the patterns of exploitation. and consumption of deer are mantained over time, or whether they display different trends The taphonomic history of the bone set, constructed by the identification of the agents and processes that influence the site formation, is also integrated to this analysis. A differential trend in exploitation and consumption activities of deer was identified, and they are attributed to differences in the occupation of the studied archaeological sites. The obtained information is integrated to the discussions at a regional level.