Late holocene hunter-gatherers from middle Paraná flood plain: Los Bananos site zooarchaeological evidence (Goya, Corrientes, Argentina)

Authors

  • María Carolina Barboza MCONICET – Centro de Estudios Interdisciplinarios en Antropología, FHumyAr, Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Alvear 452 Dpto. 5 (2000) Rosario, Santa Fe
  • Maite Martín Centro de Estudios Interdisciplinarios en Antropología, FHumyAr, Universidad Nacional de Rosario. 1ro. de mayo 1767 Piso 5 Dpto. c (2000) Rosario, Santa Fe

Abstract

This paper presents zooarchaeological analysis of Los Bananos site remains (Goya, Corrientes, Argentine). This provides new information about hunter-gatherer-fishers occupation of Middle Paraná alluvial plain during the late Holocene (1000 +20 AP). Animal remains were identified with regard to anatomy and taxonomy. The focus of the analysis was to differentiate anthropic modification and the action of other agents or taphonomic processes. As a result of the analysis, the importance of fluvial resources was infered.

Keywords:

Los Bananos Site, Zooarchaeology, Middle Parana, Alluvial Plain, Late Holocene