Hippidion saldiasi Roth, 1899 (Equidae, Perissodactyla), at the Piedra Museo Site (Santa Cruz, Argentina): Its Implication for the Regional Economy and Environmental Reconstruction

Authors: Alberdi M.T.¹; Miotti L.²; Prado J.L.³

Source: Journal of Archaeological Science, Volume 28, Number 4, April 2001 , pp. 411-419(9)

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Abstract:

Hippidion saldiasi remains from the Piedra Museo site are studied and compared with the remains from other archeological sites of the Extra-Andean Patagonia region (Argentina). The remains come from a level dated between 12,890±90 (AA-20125 AMS) and 10,400±80 years bp (AA-8428 AMS), representing the earliest human occupation in Extra-Andean Argentine Patagonia. H. saldiasi presents a particular morphology of the limb bones that suggests an adaptation to a humid environment with soft soil. Preliminary data support the hypothesis that the horse was a more important resource than previously thought in the hunter–gatherer economy. Copyright 2001 Academic Press

Keywords: HIPPIDION SALDIASI, EQUIDAE, PERISSODACTYLA, EARLY HUMAN OCCUPATION, LATE PLEISTOCENE–; HOLOCENE, ARGENTINA

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Dto de Paleobiología, Museo Nacional Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Jóse Gutiérrez Abascal 2, Madrid, 28006, Spain 2: Dto Arqueología, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, La Plata, 1900, Argentina 3: INCUAPA-Departamento de Arqueología, Universidad Nacional del Centro, Del Valle 5737, Olavarría, B7400JWI, Argentina

Publication date: 2001-04-01