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DEL PAPA, Luis Manuel; DE SANTIS, Luciano José María  y  TOGO, José. Human Consumption Of Rodents At Villa La Punta Site During The Early Agricultural-Potter Period Of The Chaco-Santiagueña Region. Intersecciones antropol. [online]. 2010, vol.11, n.1, pp.29-40. ISSN 1850-373X.

Caviomorph bone remains from the Villa La Punta site, Choya Department, southwest Santiago del Estero Province are analyzed in the current study. From the analysis of bone modification, represented body parts and age range, we present evidence of caviomorph rodent consumption and use by the populations that settled at the site in the early stages of an agricultural-potter economy, corresponding to the Las Mercedes pottery-bearing group. We propose that the Dolichotinae rodent remains are the result of human consumption while the Ctenomys sp. specimens entered the site due to the action of natural agents. The data did not allow a distinction among the agents that accumulated Caviinae remains to be made. Such results are the first evidence of Dolichotinae consumption and a fundamental contribution to the zone under study.

Palabras clave : Dolichotinae; Caviinae; Ctenomys; Early agricultural-potter; Antropic evidence.

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