Abstract

LOPEZ, Gabriel E. J.. Archaeofaunal, Osteometrical And Artefactual Evidence In Pastos Grandes, Puna Of Salta: The Sequence Of Change Through The Early, Middle And Late Holocene In Alero Cuevas Site. Intersecciones antropol. [online]. 2009, vol.10, n.1, pp.105-119. ISSN 1850-373X.

This paper presents an analysis of the taxonomic and osteometric diversity of the Alero Cuevas site, Pastos Grandes, Puna of Salta, in order to analyze changes in the consumption of faunal resources and this economic niche throughout the Holocene. Hunting and subsequently pastoralism were the predominant strategies in the economic niche of the human groups of Pastos Grandes. The osteometríc data is a line of evidence that serves as a starting point for the study of the changes related to the domestication and/or introduction of domesticated camelids. In this sense, it is important to distinguish domestication from the consolidation of a pastoralist strategy. This latter process occurred throughout the Late Holocene, becoming the predominant strategy of the economic niche. Nevertheless, hunting continued as an important economic strategy. Finally, complementary archaeological evidence is considered, chiefly the lithic artifacts. The lithic technology presents significant information for understanding the changes that occurred in the economic niche.

Keywords : Economic niche; Archaeofaunal evidence; Osteometric data; Artifacts; Pastos Grandes.

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