ISSN 1851-0027

Año 2007. Número 1: 1- 11.

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“Arroyo El Gaucho I” archaeobotanical record during Early Holocen (8000-6000 BP) (Pampa de Achala, Córdoba).

Valeria Franco Salvi

Laboratorio y Cátedra de “Prehistoria y Arqueología”. FFyH UNC.

Archaeological sites charcoal analysis demonstrated to be a helpful for archaeological integral studies. The identification of wood species from charred remains obtained in archaeological context, allows making inferences about site function and use of space as well as the different strategies of tree selection, distribution and consumption.

It is analyzed a shelter that shows diachronic occupations until Middle Holocene (3.000 B.P). In this opportunity, it is only considered the 1º Component, correspondent to Early Holocen final moments (8.000-6.000 B.P), a period in witch hunter- gatherers groups start peopling the Córdoba Province mountains area.

Key words: use of space, antracology, hunter-gatherers.