Archaeobotanical and Dendrochronological Studies of a Spanish Colonial Settlement in Nahuel Huapi (Patagonia, Eighteenth Century)

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ID6422799
AuthorsLaura Caruso Fermé (0000-0002-0799-2634, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), Marcia Bianchi Villelli (0000-0002-8085-4254, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), Ricardo Villalba (0000-0001-8183-0310, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas), María Eugenia Aciar (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas)
Year2023
Volume30
Issue4
Pages387-398
Publication date2023-05-17
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironmental Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-4103 • E-ISSN: 1749-6314
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14614103.2023.2212209
OpenAlexW4376870641
LanguageEN
References cited18

With the aim of providing information based on interethnic relationships in the Patagonian territory after the seventeenth century, we present a study on the archaeological site Cancha de Pelota Llao Llao (Bariloche, Río Negro Province, Argentina), which is associated with the colonial presence in the Nahuel Huapi Lake area. The aim of this work is twofold: to learn about the space and woody resources and to provide new evidence for the chronological determination of the site through a dendrochronological study. The archaeobotanical study of the charcoal fragments and wooden posts provided information on the kind of use made of resources and space. In addition, the attained results allowed for a remarkable chronological determination, adding accurate information to the archaeology of the area. Cross-dating against a regional chronology composed of 550 trees assigns an earlier date (1604–1647) to Post 1, which appears to come from the central (older) part of a tree. In contrast, the date assigned to Post 2 (1733–1792) is consistent with a radial growth pattern common to adult or mature trees. Adam Hajduk and integrated by Lic. Ana Albornoz, Lic. Maximiliano Lezcano, Lic. Graciela Montero (Museo de la Patagonia-PNNH-APN) and Dr. Solange Fernández Do Río (CRUB-UNCO) for tendering their work to further studies. This previous research in CPLL was essential to continue and broaden the lines of investigation we are conducting in the Nahuel Huapi area.Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis research was supported by the projects Agencia Nacional de Promoción de la Investigación, el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación (PICT-2018-00769): ‘Nahuel Huapi (1670–1794) and Peninsula Valdes (1779–1810) colonial landscapes: an approach from Historic Archaeology’, Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro (PI 40-B-778): ‘Historic Archaeology of Colonialism: Indigenous paths and Jesuit Missions in the Nahuel Huapi area (seventeenth-eighteenth Centuries)’ and Agencia Nacional de Promoción de la Investigación, el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación (PICT-2018-03691): ‘Climate change and forest services: the need to have a national network to monitor the growth of trees’.Notes on contributorsLaura Caruso FerméLaura Caruso Fermé is an archaeologist specialised in archaeobotany, graduated from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain (2012). Currently she is a researcher in the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET-IPCSH. Puerto Madryn, Argentina). Her research deals with prehistoric woody resources management and landscape transformation among hunter-gatherer and first farming societies. She has been the main researcher in various projects; focusing on the study of the use of wood as raw material to make artefacts and as fuel among societies of the past. She combines archaeobotany with experimental approaches to develop work hypotheses to study the archaeological record. Her main research works have been performed in different zones of Patagonia (Argentina), Ecuador and on the sites La Marmotta (Italy) and La Draga (Spain).Marcia Bianchi VillelliMarcia Bianchi Villelli is an archaeologist specialised historical archaeology of Patagonia, graduated from the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina (2009). She is a researcher in the National Scientific and Technical Research Council and Universidad Nacional de Río Negro (CONICET-UNRN-IIDYPCA. Bariloche, Argentina). She has been the main researcher in various projects comparing colonial contexts in both the Atlantic coast and Andean region (Argentina). She has developed an approach integrating historical and archaeological records, confronting with the master narratives on colonial landscape and Patagonian indigenous groups. Her work includes the study of heritage processes for this period. She has published numerous articles in national and international scientific journals and books.Ricardo VillalbaRicardo Villalba is a Senior Researcher from CONICET based at the Argentinean Institute of Snow, Ice and Environmental Sciences (IANIGLA), Mendoza. He is interested in paleoclimatology and the impacts of climate change on natural resources in the Andes. Co-founder member of the Laboratory of Dendrochronology and Environmental History at IANIGLA in the 1980s, he has worked in the field of dendrochronology and its applications to environmental dynamics in the Andes for more than 40 years. In 2016, he received the Harold C. Fritts Award from the International Tree Ring Society in recognition of ‘a lifetime’ dedicated to the education and study of tree ring science. He currently advises fellows and researchers at national and international scientific institutions.María Eugenia AciarMaria Eugenia Aciar, is an archaeologist working on dendroarchaeology in the South American Altiplano. Graduated from the Universidad de Cuyo, she is a fellow from the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) at the Argentinean Institute of Snow, Ice and Environmental Sciences (IANIGLA), Mendoza

Archaeology · Chronology · Colonialism · Dendrochronology · Ethnohistory · Geography · Human settlement · Settlement (finance · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Natural History · History · Tree-ring climate responses

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