The use of camelids and morphometric variability in the northern sector of Humahuaca Quebrada. The Condor II archaeological site (Jujuy, Argentina)

Authors

  • Anahí Hernández CONICET-Facultad de Humanidades y Artes, Universidad Nacional de Rosario.

Keywords:

Condor II, camelids, osteometry, Jujuy

Abstract

In this paper, the results of the analysis of a zooarchaeological sample from the
archaeological site Condor II are presented. The site is located in the upper part
of Cóndor Quebrada (Humahuaca, Jujuy). The sample comes from two levels of
human occupation dated by radiocarbon in 1130 and 960 BP, which falls within
the Regional Developments period I (PDR 1) (ca. AD 900-1250), of the widely used
regional periodization.
The sample analyzed is characterized by a predominance of bone specimens
corresponding to South American camelids. Because of this, in addition to the survey
of anthropic marks, a traditional osteometrical study, based on measurements taken
on first and second phalanges of this taxon, is carried out. The goal is to preliminary
assess the presence of wild and/or domestic species in the site.

Published

2019-04-26

How to Cite

Hernández, A. (2019). The use of camelids and morphometric variability in the northern sector of Humahuaca Quebrada. The Condor II archaeological site (Jujuy, Argentina). Estudios Atacameños, (60), 77-96. Retrieved from https://revistas.ucn.cl/index.php/estudios-atacamenos/article/view/1002

Issue

No. 60 (2018)

Section

Arqueología

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