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      Procesos tafonómicos, subsistencia y uso del espacio: análisis de la arqueofauna de un sitio agropastoril de la Puna Meridional Argentina (Punta de la Peña 9, Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca)

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          Se presentan los resultados del análisis de un conjunto de restos óseos faunísticos recuperados en una estructura arquitectónica (E2) excavada en el sitio Punta de la Peña 9. Dicho sitio se localiza en los Sectores Intermedios (3600 m snm), en la microregión de Antofagasta de la Sierra (Catamarca, Puna Meridional Argentina). El análisis incluyó una evaluación de los efectos de los procesos de formación del registro, un abordaje del conjunto óseo desde una perspectiva económica y un análisis de la distribución espacial de los restos óseos en los niveles ocupacionales del recinto. El abordaje de estas tres dimensiones amplias del conjunto arqueofaunístico nos permitió aproximarnos al estudio de múltiples aspectos entre los que destacamos: la evaluación del efecto de los factores de formación del registro en la integridad del conjunto óseo; las modalidades de uso del espacio en la estructura analizada; ciertas características de las secuencias de ocupación de la misma; los sistemas de descarte o actividades de mantenimiento de los espacios de uso intensivo; el conjunto de actividades llevadas a cabo y los patrones vinculados con la explotación, selección de partes y consumo de fauna.

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          The results of the analysis of an assemblage of faunal bone remains recovered from an architectural structure (E2) excavated in the site Punta de la Peña 9 are presented. The site is located in the Intermediate Sectors (3600 m. above-sea-level) in the micro-region of Antofagasta de la Sierra (Catamarca, Southern Puna, Argentina). The analysis included an evaluation of the effects of the formation processes of the archaeological record, a study of the bones from an economic perspective, and an analysis of the spatial distribution of bones in the occupation levels of the enclosure. Examination of these three broad dimensions of this archaeofaunal assemblage enabled us to study multiple aspects of this site. Among such aspects the following are emphasized in this paper: evaluation of the effect of the formation processes of the archaeological record on the integrity of the bone assemblage; peculiarities in the use of space in the analyzed structure; certain characteristics of the occupational sequence of the structure itself; systems of discard and maintenance of the spaces that were used intensively; and the set of activities carried out, and the patterns connected with, the exploitation, selection of parts, and consumption of fauna.

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                Intersecciones en antropología
                Intersecciones antropol.
                Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales (Olavarría, Buenos Aires, Argentina )
                1850-373X
                December 2005
                : 6
                : 11-28
                Affiliations
                [01] orgnameCONICET
                [03] orgnameUniversidad de Buenos Aires orgdiv1Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano
                [02] S. M. de Tucumán orgnameUniversidad Nacional de Tucumán orgdiv1Instituto de Arqueología y Museo
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                S1850-373X2005000100003 S1850-373X(05)00000600003
                23e692e1-0d61-4054-a965-fbfad07da466

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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                : 30 June 2004
                : 24 November 2004
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                Patrones de consumo de fauna,Patterns of fauna consumption,Use of space,Formation processes,Archaeofaunal record,Southern Puna of Argentina,Puna Meridional Argentina,Registro arqueofaunístico,Procesos de formación,Uso del espacio

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