Patricio De Souza, Isabel Cartajena, Andrew Kowler
{"title":"Cronología, tecnología y subsistencia de los cazadores-recolectores de mediados del Holoceno medio (ca. 8000-5500 cal aP) en la cuenca superior del Río Loa (Puna de Atacama, Andes centro sur)","authors":"Patricio De Souza, Isabel Cartajena, Andrew Kowler","doi":"10.1017/laq.2022.84","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/laq.2022.84","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Se presentan los resultados de las investigaciones llevadas a cabo en dos sitios del Holoceno medio ubicados en la cuenca superior del Río Loa (norte de Chile), conocidos como Alero Huiculunche y Corte de La Damiana. Los trabajos desarrollados incluyeron excavaciones estratigráficas, obtención y análisis de dataciones radiocarbónicas y análisis del material lítico y arqueofaunístico recuperado. Las dataciones obtenidas hicieron posible desarrollar un modelo cronológico bayesiano, el que permite definir los límites temporales más probables de ocupación para cada asentamiento y para sus unidades estratigráficas. La ocupación de Alero Huiculunche se muestra más temprana que en Corte de La Damiana, si bien el modelo revela alta probabilidad de una coexistencia breve entre las poblaciones de ambos sitios. Los análisis líticos y arqueofaunísticos sugieren que se trata en ambos casos de campamentos base de ocupación reiterada pero posiblemente intermitente, con ocupaciones menos intensas y/o recurrentes en Alero Huiculunche en relación con Corte de La Damiana. El conjunto de evidencias apunta a la existencia de un proceso de intensificación económica creciente entre aproximadamente 8000 y 5500 cal aP, el cual decanta en un sistema de asentamiento de mayor estabilidad y densidad ocupacional, en especial a partir de 6500 cal aP.","PeriodicalId":17968,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Antiquity","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49381288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"LAQ volume 34 issue 1 Cover and Back matter","authors":"","doi":"10.1017/laq.2023.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/laq.2023.8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17968,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Antiquity","volume":"34 1","pages":"b1 - b2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44393416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"LAQ volume 34 issue 1 Cover and Front matter","authors":"","doi":"10.1017/laq.2023.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/laq.2023.7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17968,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Antiquity","volume":"34 1","pages":"f1 - f4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46477552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Cerezo-Román, T. Fenn, Carlos Cruz Guzmán, Silvia I. Nava Maldonado, Claudia León Romero, E. Villalpando
{"title":"Cremations and Pyrotechnologies among the Prehispanic Inhabitants of Cerro de Trincheras, Northern Mexico","authors":"J. Cerezo-Román, T. Fenn, Carlos Cruz Guzmán, Silvia I. Nava Maldonado, Claudia León Romero, E. Villalpando","doi":"10.1017/laq.2022.64","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/laq.2022.64","url":null,"abstract":"Using data from several well-preserved pyres, which are rarely found well preserved in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, we examine cremation customs and their associated pyrotechnologies at the site of Cerro de Trincheras in northern Sonora, Mexico, from AD 1300 to 1450/1500. We explore variations in pyre construction and use, thermal alterations of the deceased, the deceased individuals’ biological profiles, the performance of mortuary rituals, and the sensorial experiences of both the mourners and the wider Cerro de Trincheras community. The residents of the site were masters of the pyrotechnologies associated with cremations, making efficient pyres for the deceased and maximizing their resources. The group also created transformative funeral rituals that may have facilitated and mediated a wide range of emotional responses toward their deceased.","PeriodicalId":17968,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Antiquity","volume":"34 1","pages":"1 - 20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48808966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Explotación de ungulados en ambientes ecotonales de Patagonia: Zooarqueología de un basural del Holoceno medio, sitio Cerro Casa de Piedra 7 (Santa Cruz, Argentina)","authors":"Natalia Lucía Fernández","doi":"10.1017/laq.2022.82","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/laq.2022.82","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 En este trabajo se discuten las estrategias de explotación de ungulados por parte de los grupos cazadores-recolectores que habitaron los sectores ecotonales del Parque Nacional Perito Moreno (Santa Cruz, Argentina). La importancia del guanaco (Lama guanicoe) y el huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus) en la subsistencia de estos sectores precordilleranos se mantuvo constante desde la transición Pleistoceno/Holoceno. La muestra analizada corresponde a un basural datado en el Holoceno medio (ca. 5500 años aP) perteneciente al sitio Cerro Casa de Piedra 7. La variedad de partes anatómicas, junto con la diversidad y frecuencia de marcas de procesamiento, da cuenta de un aprovechamiento integral e intensivo de ambas especies. La explotación del guanaco se habría centrado, principalmente, en grupos familiares con una marcada selectividad de individuos en edad reproductiva. El incremento demográfico en las poblaciones de guanacos ocurrido durante el Holoceno medio, tal como señalan investigaciones moleculares en Patagonia, habría permitido esta interacción predador-presa sin consecuencias ecológicas negativas. En tanto, el huemul tuvo un rol complementario en la dieta y su obtención se basó en una estrategia de caza oportunista, sin causar una presión predatoria significativa sobre esta presa. Las discrepancias en el aprovechamiento responderían a cuestiones etológicas y demográficas propias de estos ungulados.","PeriodicalId":17968,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Antiquity","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42778082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. M. Colobig, A. Zucol, Esteban Passeggi, A. Azkarate, Gabriel Cocco, Ibán Sánchez-Pinto
{"title":"La colonización española en Sudamérica: Estudio del primer asentamiento en la Cuenca del Plata mediante el registro de los microrrestos biosilíceos","authors":"M. M. Colobig, A. Zucol, Esteban Passeggi, A. Azkarate, Gabriel Cocco, Ibán Sánchez-Pinto","doi":"10.1017/laq.2022.81","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/laq.2022.81","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Se analizan los microrrestos biosilíceos recuperados en el sitio Fuerte Sancti Spiritus, primer asentamiento español que se estableció en la cuenca del Río de la Plata en el período de la colonización y conquista europea en América. Está emplazado en Puerto Gaboto, provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina, y consiste en una ocupación breve que se produjo entre mayo de 1527 y septiembre de 1529. La excavación se realizó de acuerdo con la metodología open area, por lo cual el muestreo estuvo distribuido en diferentes rasgos localizados en la planta del emplazamiento. Se analizaron 20 muestras según dos variables: tipo de rasgo y cronología, lo que permitió establecer que se cultivaba maíz, junto con trigo y probablemente cebada, introducidos, concordante con las fuentes etnohistóricas. El análisis permitió, también, estimar el contenido de los rasgos de acuerdo con el sedimento muestreado, posibilitando la caracterización de zonas de descarte, rellenos, niveles de uso y sedimento acumulado con posterioridad al abandono del asentamiento.","PeriodicalId":17968,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Antiquity","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42853158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ornament, Weapon, or Tool? Microwear Analysis of Shark Teeth from the Rio Do Meio Site in Florianópolis, Brazil","authors":"S. Gilson, Christian Gates St-Pierre, A. Lessa","doi":"10.1017/laq.2022.78","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/laq.2022.78","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Shark remains are common in coastal archaeological sites in southern Brazil. Here we present an analysis of microwear visible on shark teeth found at the Rio do Meio site in Florianópolis, Brazil. It demonstrates that hafted shark teeth were used to work soft materials such as leather, as well as semihard materials such as wood and bone, whereas others probably functioned as arrowheads. The results also show a possible preference for tiger shark teeth use for woodworking. The identified technical motions include piercing, cutting, and scraping, as well as scaling and sawing. These findings allow us to question the common interpretation of shark teeth use as ornaments and as having symbolic value. Instead, shark teeth seem to have been used as tools and weapons in daily life.","PeriodicalId":17968,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Antiquity","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48022432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rethinking the Andes–Amazonia Divide: A Cross-Disciplinary Exploration. ADRIAN J. PEARCE, DAVID G. BERESFORD-JONES, and PAUL HEGGARTY, editors. 2020. UCL Press, London. xxviii + 390 pp. £35.00 (paperback), ISBN 9781787357419.","authors":"Michael Heckenberger","doi":"10.1017/laq.2022.105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/laq.2022.105","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17968,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Antiquity","volume":"34 1","pages":"450 - 451"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47170261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Archaeology of Political Organization: Urbanism in Classic Period Veracruz, Mexico. BARBARA L. STARK. 2022. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, Los Angeles. xxiii + 384 pp., 246 figures, 19 tables. $89.00 (hardcover), ISBN 9781950446148; $72.00 (ebook), ISBN 9781950446193.","authors":"Rex Koontz","doi":"10.1017/laq.2022.87","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/laq.2022.87","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17968,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Antiquity","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42863885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
W. Balée, Tod D. Swanson, M. G. Zurita-Benavides, J. R. Ruiz Macedo
{"title":"Evidence for Landscape Transformation of Ridgetop Forests in Amazonian Ecuador","authors":"W. Balée, Tod D. Swanson, M. G. Zurita-Benavides, J. R. Ruiz Macedo","doi":"10.1017/laq.2022.94","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/laq.2022.94","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The Napo River basin, which is situated within the Upper Amazon archaeological region, is one of the most speciose forests in Greater Amazonia. Standard thinking in scholarship and science holds that these forests are essentially pristine because any Indigenous impacts in the past would have been minimal, seedbanks would have been nearby, and natural forests would have reappeared after the humans left, died out, or dispersed. Inventory research in 2019 on three ridgetop forests in Waorani territory inside the Curaray basin (which drains to the right margin of the Napo River) and a comparable inventory on one control site forest along the Nushiño River (also in the Curaray basin) show human impacts from about the late nineteenth century to about 1960; they occurred during the period of wartime among Waorani themselves and between Wao people and outsiders. The human impacts resulted in the high basal-area presence of two long-lived species with important Waorani cultural uses: cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) and ungurahua palm (Oenocarpus bataua Mart.). These species have high frequency and dominance values and do not occur in the control site, which is comparable in terms of elevation above the flood zone of the rivers in the sample. These findings mean that alpha diversity in the right margin sector (or south) of the Napo River basin cannot a priori be explained by reference to traditionally, biologically accepted patterns of ecological succession but may require knowledge of historical patterns of Indigenous land use and secondary landscape transformation over time due to human (specifically Waorani) impacts of the past.","PeriodicalId":17968,"journal":{"name":"Latin American Antiquity","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49587204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}