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      Metodología para el estudio del procesamiento de plantas en sociedades cazadoras-recolectoras: un estudio de caso Translated title: Methodology for the study of plant food processing in hunter-gatherer societies: a case study

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          En el estudio de las sociedades de cazadores-recolectores, se ha exagerado la importancia de la caza en la subsistencia de estos grupos, modelando incluso, las propuestas del poblamiento temprano del continente. Por otro lado, materiales líticos asociados al procesamiento de los recursos vegetales han sido ignorados o subestimados a causa de las difíciles condiciones de preservación de los materiales orgánicos (y con ellos los recursos vegetales) en los trópicos húmedos; pero principalmente por la ausencia de una metodología definida para la recuperación y estudio sistemático de los restos vegetales y los artefactos y áreas de actividad asociados a su procesamiento. En el presente estudio se ejemplifica la importancia de emplear diversas metodologías que permiten no solo recuperar restos vegetales mediante sus restos a nivel macro y micro, sino también las huellas químicas en los pisos de ocupación, así como las huellas de uso y de micro-residuos en artefactos líticos; todo ello orientado por una posición teórica basada en el materialismo histórico y que tiene como objetivo el evaluar los procesos productivos, reproductivos e ideológicos asociados al proceso de transformación de la naturaleza, tomando como ejemplo dos sitios de la transición Pleistoceno-Holoceno en el sureste de México (Chiapas).

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          In the study of hunter-gatherer societies, the importance of subsistence hunting in these groups has been overstated, modeling even the proposals of the early colonization of the continent. Furthermore, lithic materials associated with processing of plant resources have been ignored or undervalued because of the difficult conditions of preservation of organic materials (including the plant food resources) in the humid tropics, but mainly by the lack of a defined methodology for systematic recovery and study of vegetable remains and artifacts and activity areas associated with plant food processing. This article presents different methods that allow recovery not only of the plant debris remains at macro and micro level, but also the chemical traces from the occupation floors, and the use-wear/residue analysis of lithic artifacts, all guided by a theoretical position based on historical materialism with the objective of evaluating productive, ideological and reproductive processes associated with the transformation of nature, using as examples two sites of Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Southern Mexico (Chiapas).

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                bgoeldi
                Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas
                Bol. Mus. Para. Emílio Goeldi. Ciênc. hum.
                MCTI/Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (Belém, PA, Brazil )
                1981-8122
                2178-2547
                December 2013
                : 8
                : 3
                : 535-550
                Affiliations
                [02] Tlalpan orgnameEscuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia Mexico
                [01] Coyoacán orgnameUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México Mexico
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                S1981-81222013000300004 S1981-8122(13)00800300004
                10.1590/S1981-81222013000300004
                c5d5b501-2012-468b-ba15-cd30ef2780b9

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 13 October 2013
                : 10 December 2012
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 49, Pages: 16
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                SciELO Brazil


                Early Holocene,Hunter-gatherers,Chiapas,Arqueobotánica,Holoceno temprano,Pleistoceno,Pleistocene,Archaeobotany,Cazadores-recolectores

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