Plant Micro-Remains in Dental Calculus of Pre and Posthispanic Individuals (Baradero, Province of Buenos Aires)
This contribution presents the results of the analysis of vegetable microremains recovered in dental calculus from two archaeological sites in the northeast of the province of Buenos Aires: Rancho José, dated 1900 + 20 years BP; and the Cementerio Indígena, corresponding to the Franciscan reduction...
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Centro de Estudios Históricos. UA CONICET
2023
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/comechingonia/article/view/38945 https://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/suquia/175575 |
| Summary: | This contribution presents the results of the analysis of vegetable microremains recovered in dental calculus from two archaeological sites in the northeast of the province of Buenos Aires: Rancho José, dated 1900 + 20 years BP; and the Cementerio Indígena, corresponding to the Franciscan reduction of Santiago de Baradero, founded in the 17th century. We prioritized a comparative approach to investigate possible changes and continuities in the use and processing of plants over time. We registered, on the one hand, the presence of American horticultural products from early times together with other species of local spontaneous growth, and on the other hand, lower diversity of plant taxa at times of the Franciscan reduction. We identified plants ingested and/or manipulated with the mouth and different associated processes within the human groups that inhabited the Bajíos Ribereños Septentrionales. Zea mays starches were identified in the samples, as well as aff. Phaseolus sp. and aff. Manihot esculenta, also panicoid and arecoid phytoliths and Celtis tala foliar cystoliths. |
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