Un diente de tiburón fósil usado como objeto adorno-colgante en la localidad Arqueológica Punta Medanosa (costa norte de Santa Cruz)

Article

Authorship

ZUBIMENDI, MIGUEL ANGEL ; Castro, Alicia ; AMBRUSTOLO, PABLO ; Contreras, Carolina

Date

2019

Publishing House and Editing Place

Museo de Antropología de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba)

Magazine

Revista del Museo de Antropología, vol. 12 (pp. 95-100) - ISSN 1852-060x
Museo de Antropología de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba)

ISSN

1852-060x

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During a surface sampling of archaeological materials on a shellmidden in the Punta Medanosa locality, a fossil shark tooth clearly associated was recovered. The location of the shellmidden on a matrix of erosion dunes, seated on late Holocene cordons, allowed us to affirm that this finding corresponded to a ecofact or biofact, that is, a natural product transported to this site. Subsequently, by means of macro and microscope laboratory analysis work, it was found that it was a modified artefac... During a surface sampling of archaeological materials on a shellmidden in the Punta Medanosa locality, a fossil shark tooth clearly associated was recovered. The location of the shellmidden on a matrix of erosion dunes, seated on late Holocene cordons, allowed us to affirm that this finding corresponded to a ecofact or biofact, that is, a natural product transported to this site. Subsequently, by means of macro and microscope laboratory analysis work, it was found that it was a modified artefact by polishing and notching, which would have allowed its use as a pendant, probably as a corporal adornment. In this note, a description of the recovered piece is presented, as well as the studies carried out to support its allocation as a corporal adornment.