Wood remains analysis from Campo de Carrizal archaeological site, Hualfin Valley (Catamarca, Argentina)

Authors

  • María C. Valencia Laboratorio de Análisis Cerámico, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calle 64 N°3, 1900 La Plata. Buenos Aires.
  • Nora I. Zagorodny Laboratorio de Análisis Cerámico, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calle 64 N°3, 1900 La Plata. Buenos Aires.
  • Stella M. Rivera Cátedra Dendrología, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Diagonal 113 y 61, 1900 La Plata. Buenos Aires.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14522/darwiniana.2014.472.279

Keywords:

Campo de Carrizal, taxonomic identification, wood remains

Abstract

The present investigation describes and identifies wood remains founded in a structure in Campo de Carrizal (Belén, Catamarca). These remains include a complete wooden shovel without carbonized marks or signs and two post fragments used to support the roof. The analyses were compared with results reported in previous studies regarding another post founded in a near enclosure of the same archaeological site. Finding conditions of these remains have allowed us to infer fire events and postdepositional processes.

Published

31-12-2009

How to Cite

Valencia, M. C., Zagorodny, N. I., & Rivera, S. M. (2009). Wood remains analysis from Campo de Carrizal archaeological site, Hualfin Valley (Catamarca, Argentina). Darwiniana, Nueva Serie, 47(2), 260–266. https://doi.org/10.14522/darwiniana.2014.472.279

Issue

Section

Archeobotany and Ethnobotany