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ARCHAEOZOOLOGICAL STUDIES in Tierra del Fuego

ARCHAEOZOOLOGICAL STUDIES in Tierra del Fuego. Jordi Est é vez. ETHNOARCHAEOLOGY. ALLOWED: To explore new approaches in the archaeozoological studies

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ARCHAEOZOOLOGICAL STUDIES in Tierra del Fuego

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  1. ARCHAEOZOOLOGICAL STUDIES in Tierra del Fuego Jordi Estévez

  2. ETHNOARCHAEOLOGY ALLOWED: To explore new approaches in the archaeozoological studies We focus our interest in driving social information from evidence, relating spatial distribution with the result of the consumption of animal resources

  3. The excellent preservation in the sites allows very fine studies

  4. In theory: the distribution of items in archaeological sites are not homogeneous nor hazardous. Archaeological bones distribution in space responds to SOCIAL as well as NATURAL FACTORS • The development of archaeological sampling strategies • is a MUST: • Those are dependent on hypothesis about: • the ancient use of SPACE. • The significance and size of the sample needed... ...As well as, lastly, on political designs

  5. Archaeological Bones Samples Have passed a heavy process of selection and loss, that has to be reconstructed.

  6. At each stage some new taphonomic categories can be identified.

  7. NATURE BIOCENOSYS ANIMALS ANCIENT PEOPLE Carcasses and by-products Refuses CONSUMPTION CONTEXTS Animals NATURE’S BIOTICFORCES BONES soil context NATURE’S ABIOTIC FORCES fossils sediment components GEOLOGICAL CONTEXT ARCHAEOLOGICAL LABOR FORCES archaeological materials ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT MUSEUM

  8. Experiences to control active forces IN: • ancient human actions • natural actions • contemporary human actions areneeded.

  9. LOTS OF EXPERIMENTS AND CONTROLLED OBSERVATIONSARE NEEDED To extract attributes to recognize meaningful categories. THAT MEANS: ANALYZING AND DEVELOPING : SITE FORMATION PROCESSES ARCHAEOLOGICAL SAMPLING AND RECOVERING PROCEDURES PEOPLE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIP = mechanics of working processes = Work effort involved

  10. Experiments on site formation processes: BIOSTRATINOMIC OBSERVATIONS IN LANASHUAIA

  11. Guanaco carcass Sheep carcass

  12. stranded Whales and dolphins

  13. The recovering of thousands of fish remains made it necessary to develop sampling strategies

  14. Sampling experiment at Lanashuaia

  15. RECOVERING EXPERIENCE IN TUNEL VII

  16. Further more:

  17. i.e. have to Through: Analyzing the context of: Production instruments Ideology expressions Human remains • analyze people role in work effort (sexing labor) • analyze the products distribution and consumption Analyzing intrasite distribution (in-out) of significant refuse categories and valued items (in invested labor) (in objective intake) Refitting Re-articulating objects Analyzing again human remains By:

  18. Damaged sea lion ulna

  19. harpoon Punta de arpón Potentially related weapons Arrow point

  20. Ethnographic information and kinematics speak about the use of harpoons

  21. vértebra con flechazo lateral But evidence shows also the use of arrows and stone tips embedded in bones.

  22. Embedded arrow-tip and broken arrow

  23. Impact marc and Embedded stone tip in a sea lion rib

  24. Ribs with very distinctive marks Marcas de corte

  25. Whale rib with embedded stone chips Stone artifact chips inform About the processing tasks

  26. Whale vertebra with heavy cut and chop marks

  27. Lanashawaia Ribs of a consumed whale

  28. Lanashawaia Associated boiling stones

  29. Lanashawaia Associated boiling stones

  30. Lanashawaia Associated boiling stones

  31. Lanashawaia Boiling stones and fat accumulation on the soil

  32. Whale mandible Used to obtain raw material for making harpoons

  33. Fishing weight

  34. Refitting Sea lion metatarsal

  35. RE-ARTICULATING SKELETONS Informs about the site formation, processing techniques, as well as cooking, sharing, distribution and consumption

  36. Sea lion vertebral column re-articulation

  37. Sea lion vertebral columns re-articulation

  38. 100 BP 1200 BP 500 BP 6000 BP VARIABILITY BETWEEN SITES IN THE FREQUENCY OF SKELETON REMAINS OF DIFERENT TAXA OF

  39. VARIABILITY BETWEEN SITES IN THE FREQUENCY OF SKELETON REMAINS OF DIFERENT TAXA OF BIRDS

  40. COMPARISON OF THE FREQUENCY OF BIRDS TAXA BEETWEN TODAY’S AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SAMPLES

  41. VARIABILITY BETWEEN SITES IN THE FREQUENCY IN DIFFERENT SITES OF DIFERENT TAXA OF

  42. Distribution of the remains in the domestic space of a hut

  43. BIASES OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF CUT AND CHOP MARKS IN SEA LION REMAINS

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