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Taphonomy in the kitchen: culinary practices and processing residues of native tuberous plants of the South-Central Andes
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Authorship:
Babot, María del Pilar ; Lund, Julia ; Olmos, Adriana ValeriaDate:
2014Publishing House and Editing Place:
Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias SocialesMagazine:
INTERSECCIONES EN ANTROPOLOGÃA, vol. Esp (pp. 35-53) Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias SocialesSummary *
We present comparative material for the identification of culinary residues of cooked tubers of Solanum sp., Oxalis tuberosa and Ullucus tuberosus. We use a broad concept of taphonomy that includes a review of plant modifications resulting from the preparation of food; in this case, the boiling and cooking al rescoldo of fresh tubers. We undertake a number of controlled cooking experiments and compare the results with fresh samples. We discuss tissue fragments and intracellular particles and their morphological and optical modifications resulting from our cooking experiments. Finally, we discuss the possibility of recognizing cooking techniques from microscopic analysis of tuber remains. Information provided by the agent in SIGEVAKey Words
COLECCION DE REFERENCIAPLANTAS TUBEROSASPROCESOS TAFONOMICOSARQUEOBOTANICA