La Arcillosa 2: zooarchaeological record of human ocupation during the middle holocene, Tierra del Fuego Argentina
Authors
Mónica Salemme
Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CONICET) y Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego, Bernardo Houssay 200, V9410BFD Ushuaia. Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego, Onas 450, 9410 Ushuaia
Fernando Santiago
Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CONICET) y Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego, Bernardo Houssay 200, V9410BFD Ushuaia
Jimena Oria
Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CONICET) y Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego, Bernardo Houssay 200, V9410BFD Ushuaia
La Arcillosa 2 is a shell midden located along the right margin of the Chico river, two kilometers westwards of the present Atlantic coast. This multicomponent site has been dated between 5500 and 3700 years B.P. The permanent aeolian action has disturbed the site, composed mainly by Mytilus edulis shells. It is composed mainly of mussels and in less proportion of terrestrial and marine vertebrates (camelids, canids, rodents, cetaceans, pinnipeds, fishes and birds); they are associated to a lithic assemblage of different raw material and bone artifacts made on bird long bones, decorated with incisions, and a bony bead.
Salemme, M., Santiago, F., & Oria, J. (2015). La Arcillosa 2: zooarchaeological record of human ocupation during the middle holocene, Tierra del Fuego Argentina. Revista Chilena De Antropología, (29). Retrieved from https://tribunainternacional.uchile.cl/index.php/RCA/article/view/36201
