ZOOARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY OF HOLOCENE MAMMALS AT THE ISLA EL DISPARITO SITE (IBERÁ SYSTEM, CORRIENTES), ARGENTINA
Keywords:
Iberá Macrosystem; late Holocene; El Disparito Island; Hunter-gatherer-fisher societies; Myocastor coypus.Abstract
This paper presents the results of the quantitative and taphonomic study of the archaeofaunal materials belonging
to the Mammalia Class, coming from the Isla El Disparito site (Iberá System, Corrientes). The study area is dated
to 1000 years BP. The taphonomic characteristics observed indicate that various natural variables acted on the
bone complex, but do not allow us to infer that they were responsible for its accumulation, unlike anthropic agents.
Furthermore, a greater proportion of the recorded variables linked to the dynamics of the markedly hydrophilic
depositional environment in which the materials were deposited. The results also indicate that species dependent
on the fluvial environment, especially those of small to medium size ( -i.e. rodents), would have been the most
exploited during the late Holocene by the hunter-gatherer-fisher groups settled in the sector under study. Among
them, the presence of specimens corresponding to Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782) was highlighted.
