Abstract

LEONIS MAZZANTI, Diana  and  PUENTE, Verónica. La producción textil como actividad doméstica de los cazadores-recolectores prehispánicos en la región pampeana, Argentina. Intersecciones antropol. [online]. 2015, vol.16, n.1, pp.131-144. ISSN 1850-373X.

This paper discusses textile production as a technological practice that emerged in hunter-gatherer societies during the Late Holocene in the Pampean region. This activity was part of domestic life of pre- Columbian societies with social differentiation and territoriality in the eastern Sierras de Tandilia. This paper analyzes ceramic spindle whorls as archaeological evidence of this technology, one that is still present in the region. This cultural evidence is complemented by ethnographic and historic data on textiles from different regions. A hypothesis is presented that fiber from the fleece of guanaco was the raw material used in textile production in the region. The use of bone instruments such as needles and awls that were associated with the spinning process and the development of textiles is also considered. It is proposed that the climatic fluctuations in the Pampean region during the final-late Holocene (AD 1500 - 1600) that caused the guanaco population to decrease could explain the absence of this fiber for textile production. The activity is taken up again during the colonial period with sheep’s wool.

Keywords : Hunter-gatherers; Textile production; Pampa region.

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