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La gestión de recursos vegetales en las poblaciones prehistóricas de las tierras bajas del sureste del Uruguay: un abordaje multidisciplinar

López Mazz, José Marí­a, Dabezies, Juan Martin, Capdepont, Irina (2014) La gestión de recursos vegetales en las poblaciones prehistóricas de las tierras bajas del sureste del Uruguay: un abordaje multidisciplinar. Latin American Antiquity, 25 (3). pp. 256-277. ISSN 1045-6635. E-ISSN 2325-5080. (doi:10.7183/1045-6635.25.3.256) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:76133)

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Abstract

This paper addresses the diversification of plant resource management practices in the lowlands of southeastern Uruguay starting in the fourth millennium B.P. Our approach includes (a) a reexamination of ethnohistorical sources; (b) a review of lithic and ceramic materials; (c) the presentation of new ethnoarchaeological information; and (d) the analysis of starch grains from grinding stones. The results highlight the importance of the palm Butia odorata as a source of food and useful materials for much of the year. Furthermore, the analysis of both macro- and micro-residues has enabled us to identify the presence of Datura ferox seeds and starch grains from edible plants. While many of these identifications confirm the use of a number of previously reported species, others are new, as is the case with Phaseolus sp., Arachis sp., and Typha domingensis. Continuity in the management of certain plant species and in environmental conditioning is interpreted as an important investment in the long-term cycles of human-environment interactions.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.7183/1045-6635.25.3.256
Additional information: Unmapped bibliographic data: ST - La gestión de recursos vegetales en las poblaciones prehistóricas de las tierras bajas del sureste del Uruguay: un abordaje multidisciplinar [Field not mapped to EPrints] L1 - internal-pdf://Lopez Dabezies Capdepont 2014 b-3797354471/Lopez Dabezies Capdepont 2014 b.pdf [Field not mapped to EPrints]
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation
Depositing User: Javier Dabezies Damboriarena
Date Deposited: 03 Sep 2019 11:32 UTC
Last Modified: 17 Aug 2022 11:02 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/76133 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Dabezies, Juan Martin.

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