Resumen

DE NIGRIS, Mariana E.. New data, old collections: Cerro Casa de Piedra 5 bone assemblages (Perito Moreno National Park, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina). Intersecciones antropol. [online]. 2007, n.8, pp.253-264. ISSN 1850-373X.

This paper presents the results of a new analysis of bone collections from Cerro Casa de Piedra Cueva 5. The archaeological site is a large cave positioned on the north side of a volcanic hill located on the southern bank of Roble river (900 masl) in a transitional area between the forest and the shrubby Patagonian steppe within the Perito Moreno National Park, northwest of Santa Cruz, Argentina. The occupational sequence is formed by four stratigraphic layers radiocarbon dated between ca. 2500 and 6500 years BP. Bone samples had been recovered during the 1980s but have received no attention since. The main aim of this paper is to identify continuities and changes in faunal resource consumption to better understand hunter-gatherer strategies during the Middle and Late Holocene. The analyzed assemblages show several similarities. Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) is always the main food resource, although huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus) is also important. The appendicular skeleton predominates for both ungulates, and there is a great diversity of processing marks compatible with consumption events. Despite these similarities, the assemblages also show variations in prey exploitation through time.

Palabras clave : Patagonia; Hunter-gatherers; Guanaco; Huemul; Faunal exploitation.

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