Gastropods from the rockshelter deodoro roca (sector B), Ongamira Valley (Cordoba, Argentina): a preliminary analysis
Authors
Andrés D. Izeta
CONICET-Museo de Antropología, Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Universidad
Nacional de Córdoba, Av. H. Yrigoyen 174, 5000, Córdoba
Thiago Costa
CONICET-Museo de Antropología, Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Universidad
Nacional de Córdoba, Av. H. Yrigoyen 174, 5000, Córdoba
Sandra Gordillo
CICTERRA, CONICET-UNC, Av. V. Sársfield 1611, X5016GCA, Córdoba
Roxana Cattáneo
CONICET-Museo de Antropología, Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Universidad
Nacional de Córdoba, Av. H. Yrigoyen 174, 5000, Córdoba
Gabriella Boretto
CICTERRA, CONICET-UNC, Av. V. Sársfield 1611, X5016GCA, Córdoba
Andrés Robledo
Museo de Antropología, Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Av. H. Yrigoyen 174, 5000, Córdoba
This paper presents the first results of the taxonomic characterization and the quantification of gastropods from the Sector B of the Deodoro Roca rockshelter, Ongamira (Ischilín, Córdoba), in order to understand their role in pre-Hispanic groups subsistence strategy focusing in occupation ca. 3000bp. The site was firstly excavated in the 1940s and 1950s at which time it was obtained many faunal remains from camelids, deers, rheas and gastropods. In 2010 we proceeded to re-excavate some sectors worked in the 1950´s leaving exposed profiles and excavate other not previously worked; thus we were able to identify the presence of different spaces with structured hearths which had the distinction of being associated with thick layers of gastropods shells. The analysis of these valves allowed the determination of six species, including five that live currently in the region and other that nowadays it is apparently extinct. From this we explore the recurrence of these animals in archaeological sites in the region and its potential for the understanding of the subsistence of the groups that inhabited the rockshelter during the Late Holocene.
Keywords:
Zooarchaeology, Gastropods, Hunter-Gatherers, Córdoba, Late Holocene
Izeta, A. D., Costa, T., Gordillo, S., Cattáneo, R., Boretto, G., & Robledo, A. (2015). Gastropods from the rockshelter deodoro roca (sector B), Ongamira Valley (Cordoba, Argentina): a preliminary analysis. Revista Chilena De Antropología, (29). Retrieved from https://revistas.uchile.cl/index.php/RCA/article/view/36210
