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Archaeological site in Argentina
Burial at Aquihuecó
Aquihuecó is an
archaeological site in
Argentina. It is located by the city of
Chos Mahal in the
Neuquén province of Argentina.
[1]
[2] Aquihuecó is the biggest
hunter-gatherer burial site in
Patagonia.
[3] The site is located on top of a mound in a
dune and was utilized as an open-air
burial site by
prehistoric inhabitants of the land.
[3]
[4] Archaeologists have excavated at least 65 human inhumations at the area. These burials were marked with either large stones or piles of small stones. Many of the graves contained
burial goods such as stone
pendants,
grinding tools, sharp instruments, projectile points,
milling tools,
[4]
lithic spheres,
[5] and
beads,
necklaces, or
earrings made from
mollusc shells.
[6] Some of the
skulls found at the site display a circular or pseudocircular body modification of the
cranial vault.
[7] The site is dated to have been inhabited from around 5000 to around 3000 years
before present.
[5] Aquihuecó was first discovered in 1997 and began excavation in 2003.
[3]
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11336/36509.
ISSN
1040-6182.
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^ Rindel, D. D.; Perez, S. I.; Barberena, R.; MacDonald, B. L.; Glascock, M. D. (2020).
"Sources of obsidian artefacts, exchange networks and landscape use in Auca Mahuida (Neuquén, north‐western Patagonia)". Archaeometry. 62 (1): 1–21.
doi:
10.1111/arcm.12511.
ISSN
0003-813X.
S2CID
210247111.
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b
c Vazquez, Romina C.; Béguelin, Marien; Navarro, Tamara G.; Cerda, Ignacio A. (2021-09-29).
"Bone histology of human remains from the Late Holocene of Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina: a multidimensional taphonomic approach". Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 13 (10): 175.
doi:
10.1007/s12520-021-01435-9.
ISSN
1866-9565.
S2CID
238208890.
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a
b Scabuzzo, Clara; Figueiro, Gonzalo; Gordón, Florencia (2019-12-13).
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0081-0223.
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doi:
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ISSN
0009-4978.
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^ Gordillo, Sandra (2019).
Archaeological records of Megalobulimus shells as artifacts in South America.
ISSN
2055-7604.
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^ Bernal, Valeria; D́Abramo, Sergio; Gordón, Florencia; Gonzalez, Paula N.; Perez, S. Ivan (2020-12-01).
"Mobility of human populations in the Curi Leuvú basin, Northwest Patagonia, during the Holocene: An approach based on oxygen isotopes". Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 34: 102636.
doi:
10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102636.
ISSN
2352-409X.
S2CID
226350373.