An Early Hispanic-Indigenous Contact Event at the Los Viscos Archaeological Site in the South-Central Andes: A Zooarchaeological Perspective
Los Viscos, a multicomponent rockshelter in the high-altitude valley of El Bolsón, South-Central Andes, was occupied intermittently over the last 1200 years. One brief occupation dates to the early Hispanic-Indigenous contact period (ca. 1450–1630 cal CE), when European fauna were present but Hispan...
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| Format: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Language: | eng |
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Springer
2021
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/161164 https://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/suquia/175279 |
| Summary: | Los Viscos, a multicomponent rockshelter in the high-altitude valley of El Bolsón, South-Central Andes, was occupied intermittently over the last 1200 years. One brief occupation dates to the early Hispanic-Indigenous contact period (ca. 1450–1630 cal CE), when European fauna were present but Hispanic political control was unestablished. Zooarchaeological analyses from this occupation are presented (NSP = 233; NISP = 83). Camelids were primarily exploited for meat and few other taxa were consumed, implying continuity with previous late pre-Hispanic occupations. Discontinuities include an apparent lack of camelid secondary product and dried meat exploitation. This is one of few studies documenting early Indigenous-European interactions in the area. |
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