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ARIAS, María Florencia. ANIMAL RESOURCES AND HUMAN SUBSISTENCE IN HIGH ALTITUDE VALLEYS OF NORTH-WESTERN ARGENTINA: THE CASE OF LOS VISCOS SITE IN LATE PREHISPANIC AND HISPANIC-INDIGENOUS PERIODS. Zaranda ideas [online]. 2020, vol.18, n.2, pp.101-121. ISSN 1853-1296.

We present a zooarchaeological analysis of the faunal record of Los Viscos site [SCatBe6(1)], located in El Bolsón Valley, Belén Department, Catamarca province. The faunal assemblage was recovered in layers 1 and 1a, corresponding to the Late prehispanic and Hispanic-Indigenous periods, respectively. Camelids seem to have been the main resource, and wild minor fauna was marginally exploited. Consumption of camelids was focused on meat and marrow, and meat delayed consumption through drying is probable to have occurred in the Late prehispanic occupation. Comparisons with data from earlier occupations of the site suggest the continuity of the predominance of camelids, their age profiles and anatomical distribution. However, evidence of processing of other fauna is restricted to the latest occupations presented here.

Palabras clave : Zooarchaeology; Late Period; Hispanic-Indigenous Period; High Altitude Valleys; Northwestern Argentina.

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