Starchy food residue on a potsherd from a late Holocene hunter-gatherer site in Argentine Patagonia: towards the visibility of wild underground storage organs

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Ciampagna, María Laura; Molares, Soledad; Ladio, Ana Haydeé; Capparelli, Aylén
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2021
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The aim of this paper is to present recent advances in the microbotanical analyses of an organic residue on a potsherd from a late Holocene hunter-gatherer site in Argentine Patagonia, which is the first evidence of this kind for the processing of starchy food. Standard methods were carried out for starch grain recovery and morphometric analysis, care being taken in the prevention of cross-contamination and evaluation of post-depositional factors. Diagnostic features of the ancient starch grains recovered were compared against those from a list, available in the bibliography, of plants potentially processed in pottery, but no match was found. An anatomical and starch grain reference collection was established with three of the most frequently consumed traditional wild underground storage organs (USOs) of Patagonia, Alstroemeria aurea Graham, Tropaeolum porifolium Cav. and Diposis patagonica Skottsb., in order to compare these against the archaeobotanical record. We suggest that T. aff. porifolium (and probably also A. aff. aurea) were processed in the pot from which the sherd came, and discuss these results in terms of a better understanding of the role of wild USOs in subsistence and the possible cooking methods used in hunter-gatherer societies in Argentine Patagonia.
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Ciencias Naturales
Arqueología
Patagonian archaeobotany
Pottery
Microbotanical studies
Tropaeolum
Diposis
Alstroemeria
Starch grains
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spelling Starchy food residue on a potsherd from a late Holocene hunter-gatherer site in Argentine Patagonia: towards the visibility of wild underground storage organsCiampagna, María LauraMolares, SoledadLadio, Ana HaydeéCapparelli, AylénCiencias NaturalesArqueologíaPatagonian archaeobotanyPotteryMicrobotanical studiesTropaeolumDiposisAlstroemeriaStarch grainsThe aim of this paper is to present recent advances in the microbotanical analyses of an organic residue on a potsherd from a late Holocene hunter-gatherer site in Argentine Patagonia, which is the first evidence of this kind for the processing of starchy food. Standard methods were carried out for starch grain recovery and morphometric analysis, care being taken in the prevention of cross-contamination and evaluation of post-depositional factors. Diagnostic features of the ancient starch grains recovered were compared against those from a list, available in the bibliography, of plants potentially processed in pottery, but no match was found. An anatomical and starch grain reference collection was established with three of the most frequently consumed traditional wild underground storage organs (USOs) of Patagonia, <i>Alstroemeria aurea</i> Graham, <i>Tropaeolum porifolium</i> Cav. and <i>Diposis patagonica</i> Skottsb., in order to compare these against the archaeobotanical record. We suggest that <i>T.</i> aff. <i>porifolium</i> (and probably also <i>A.</i> aff. <i>aurea</i>) were processed in the pot from which the sherd came, and discuss these results in terms of a better understanding of the role of wild USOs in subsistence and the possible cooking methods used in hunter-gatherer societies in Argentine Patagonia.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo2021-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdf89-105http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/138946enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0939-6314info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1617-6278info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s00334-020-00818-7info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T11:32:03Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/138946Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:32:03.392SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Starchy food residue on a potsherd from a late Holocene hunter-gatherer site in Argentine Patagonia: towards the visibility of wild underground storage organs
title Starchy food residue on a potsherd from a late Holocene hunter-gatherer site in Argentine Patagonia: towards the visibility of wild underground storage organs
spellingShingle Starchy food residue on a potsherd from a late Holocene hunter-gatherer site in Argentine Patagonia: towards the visibility of wild underground storage organs
Ciampagna, María Laura
Ciencias Naturales
Arqueología
Patagonian archaeobotany
Pottery
Microbotanical studies
Tropaeolum
Diposis
Alstroemeria
Starch grains
title_short Starchy food residue on a potsherd from a late Holocene hunter-gatherer site in Argentine Patagonia: towards the visibility of wild underground storage organs
title_full Starchy food residue on a potsherd from a late Holocene hunter-gatherer site in Argentine Patagonia: towards the visibility of wild underground storage organs
title_fullStr Starchy food residue on a potsherd from a late Holocene hunter-gatherer site in Argentine Patagonia: towards the visibility of wild underground storage organs
title_full_unstemmed Starchy food residue on a potsherd from a late Holocene hunter-gatherer site in Argentine Patagonia: towards the visibility of wild underground storage organs
title_sort Starchy food residue on a potsherd from a late Holocene hunter-gatherer site in Argentine Patagonia: towards the visibility of wild underground storage organs
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ciampagna, María Laura
Molares, Soledad
Ladio, Ana Haydeé
Capparelli, Aylén
author Ciampagna, María Laura
author_facet Ciampagna, María Laura
Molares, Soledad
Ladio, Ana Haydeé
Capparelli, Aylén
author_role author
author2 Molares, Soledad
Ladio, Ana Haydeé
Capparelli, Aylén
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Naturales
Arqueología
Patagonian archaeobotany
Pottery
Microbotanical studies
Tropaeolum
Diposis
Alstroemeria
Starch grains
topic Ciencias Naturales
Arqueología
Patagonian archaeobotany
Pottery
Microbotanical studies
Tropaeolum
Diposis
Alstroemeria
Starch grains
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The aim of this paper is to present recent advances in the microbotanical analyses of an organic residue on a potsherd from a late Holocene hunter-gatherer site in Argentine Patagonia, which is the first evidence of this kind for the processing of starchy food. Standard methods were carried out for starch grain recovery and morphometric analysis, care being taken in the prevention of cross-contamination and evaluation of post-depositional factors. Diagnostic features of the ancient starch grains recovered were compared against those from a list, available in the bibliography, of plants potentially processed in pottery, but no match was found. An anatomical and starch grain reference collection was established with three of the most frequently consumed traditional wild underground storage organs (USOs) of Patagonia, <i>Alstroemeria aurea</i> Graham, <i>Tropaeolum porifolium</i> Cav. and <i>Diposis patagonica</i> Skottsb., in order to compare these against the archaeobotanical record. We suggest that <i>T.</i> aff. <i>porifolium</i> (and probably also <i>A.</i> aff. <i>aurea</i>) were processed in the pot from which the sherd came, and discuss these results in terms of a better understanding of the role of wild USOs in subsistence and the possible cooking methods used in hunter-gatherer societies in Argentine Patagonia.
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo
description The aim of this paper is to present recent advances in the microbotanical analyses of an organic residue on a potsherd from a late Holocene hunter-gatherer site in Argentine Patagonia, which is the first evidence of this kind for the processing of starchy food. Standard methods were carried out for starch grain recovery and morphometric analysis, care being taken in the prevention of cross-contamination and evaluation of post-depositional factors. Diagnostic features of the ancient starch grains recovered were compared against those from a list, available in the bibliography, of plants potentially processed in pottery, but no match was found. An anatomical and starch grain reference collection was established with three of the most frequently consumed traditional wild underground storage organs (USOs) of Patagonia, <i>Alstroemeria aurea</i> Graham, <i>Tropaeolum porifolium</i> Cav. and <i>Diposis patagonica</i> Skottsb., in order to compare these against the archaeobotanical record. We suggest that <i>T.</i> aff. <i>porifolium</i> (and probably also <i>A.</i> aff. <i>aurea</i>) were processed in the pot from which the sherd came, and discuss these results in terms of a better understanding of the role of wild USOs in subsistence and the possible cooking methods used in hunter-gatherer societies in Argentine Patagonia.
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