Abstract

PERALTA, Eva Ailén et al. HUMAN DIET, MOBILITYAND TECHNOLOGY IN A MORTUARY CONTEXT ATATUEL RIVER VALLEY: CAÑADA SECA-1ARCHAELOGICAL RECORD(SANRAFAEL, MENDOZA). Relaciones [online]. 2021, vol.46, n.2, pp.61-70. ISSN 0325-2221.

The goal of this paper is to describe an archaeological burial site with commingled skeletal remains, named Cañada Seca-1 (MNI= 24), located in the Atuel River valley and dating from ca.1500yearsBP. This isperformedby integrating well-known and recently developed lines of inquiry.Based on this record, we discuss interpretations related to cultigen presence and its implicationsin human subsistence and mobility, in an area traditionally characterized as the pre-Hispanicagricultural limit, ca. 2200 years BP. Results show that the individuals did not developed a farmingstrategy, although maize seems to have been part of their diet. In turn, the new information aboutmortuary behavior in the Atuel River valley provides new insights regarding mobility, as well asthe use of utilitarian (lithics) and nonutilitarian (lithic and malacological ornaments) technologythat went beyond these peoples' life into their death.

Keywords : prehispanic agriculture; diet; mobility; stable isotopes; Mendoza.

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