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Seasonality, predictibility, and plant use strategies at San Jacinto 1, northern Colombia
UMI Dissertation Services • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1999 • Pages:
By: Bonzani, Renée Marie.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This dissertation and the dissertation by Oyuela-Caycedo (1993) are about the sites San Jacinto 1 and San Jacinto 2 in the savanna of Bolívar, in northern Columbia. They were co-directors of the San Jacinto project. Bonzani analyzed the plant remains from San Jacinto 1. Her analysis confirms Oyuela-Caycedo's conclusion that the site was a special pupose site used to process wild grasses for food and possible storage at another site. There are no signs of cultivation of these plants, instead, the people probably closely monitored the area to determine when to harvest the grasses. The people who used the site practiced a 'logistic mobility strategy tied into the seasonality of the area,' (page 241). Bonzani also determined the site was located near a stream, in a savannah with a dry season that lasted around 7 1/2 months. As this document is a dissertation, Bonzani extensively discusses the different theories concerning optimal foraging, risk management, origins of agriculture, definitions of savannas, etc. She also interviewed people in the San Jacinto area to gather data on the ethnobotany of the modern plants. Appendix 1 presents the results of this research and also discusses past uses of these plants. This section was mostly coded for flora, code 137. Only the archaeological data from northwest South America was indexed for other OCM (Outline of Cultural Material) subjects. This document contains unreadable photographs.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Climate
- Flora
- Historical reconstruction
- Annual cycle
- Preservation and storage of food
- Food preparation
- Diet
- Ethnobotany
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Northwest South American Littoral
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2001
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwestern South America
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- October 1991-April 1992
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 6000 BP - 5300 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- San Jacinto I; Columbia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Renée Marie Bonzani
- UM 9614180
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-527)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Pittsburgh, 1995
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of South America--Antiquities