Abstract

ACOSTA, Alejandro A et al. Manufacture and use of ornaments made on carnivore teeth from archaeological sites of Low Paraná Wetland. Rev. Mus. Antropol. [online]. 2015, vol.8, n.2, pp.33-46. ISSN 1852-060X.

This paper analyses Carnivore dental items, discussing their use as ornaments by human societies that inhabited the southern sector of Low Paraná wetland during the Late Holocene. Taxonomic identification of dental items was made trough morphometric analysis. It is very interesting to show the presence of taxa not available in the area as Canis familiaris and Nasua nasua. Through microscopic analysis, we identified use and manufacture process, also in those items which do not show anthropic modification at the naked eye. On the basis of these results, we discuss the bone raw material acquisition and their use as ornaments, arguing their symbolic value but pointing the analytical restrictions on this subject, as well as the methodological and theoretical lines developed by other authors to deal with similar topics.

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