Book
Sedentism, food production and pottery origins in the tropics: the case of San Jacinto 1, Colombia
UMI • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1999 • Pages:
By: Oyuela-Caycedo, Augusto.
Abstract
Oyuela-Caycedo excavated and analyzed artifacts from the site San Jacinto 1 in northern Columbia. His dissertation extensively discusses the different theories concerning settlement strategies, sedentism, early ceramics, and expedient verses curated technologies. San Jacinto 1 is the first late Archaic site to be excavated in the interior of northern Columbia. A special-purpose site, it was used mainly to intensively process plants (probably seed producing plants) and was occupied on a seasonal basis. The group that occupied the site probably practiced a logistic mobility strategy. Most of the artifacts associated with the site are fire-cracked rocks used in earth ovens. Also found were ground stone tools associated with the plant processing, ceramics, flaked-stone tools, and mollusks. The ceramics associated with the site do not appear to have been used in the plant processing or cooking and probably had a more social and communal function such as serving or containers for hallucinogens or alcohol.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2001
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Northwestern South America
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2000
- Field Date
- October 1991-April 1992
- Coverage Date
- 6000 BP - 5665±75 BP
- Coverage Place
- San Jacinto 1; Columbia
- Notes
- Augusto Oyuela-Caycedo
- UM 9421492
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-371)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Pittsburgh, 1993
- LCSH
- Indians of South America--Antiquities