Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-2023

Abstract

Una muestra de implementos de madera que provienen de dos sitios prehispánicos del valle de Casma (Bahía Seca y Huaynuná), dentro de los que destacan iniciadores de fuego fueron fabricados a partir de madera, que los análisis histológicos de la anatomía vascular indicaron el uso de madera de Prosopis sp. “algarrobo”, utilizando ramas secundarias gruesas y delgadas. Estos hallazgos indican que la generación del fuego en tiempos prehispánicos se realizó utilizando conocimientos tecnológicos y del uso de las maderas, en este caso de utilizar una especie que tiene como característica tener madera resinosa, favorable para la generación y obtención de fuego, una tecnología que se habría extendido por el lapso de 3.000 años en la prehistoria de la costa peruana.

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A sample of wooden implements that come from two pre-Hispanic sites in the Casma Valley (Bahía Seca and Huaynuná), among which fire starters stand out, were manufactured from wood, which histological analyses of the vascular anatomy indicated the use of Prosopis sp. wood “algarrobo”, using thick and thin secondary branches. These findings indicate that the generation of fire in pre-Hispanic times was carried out using technological knowledge and the use of wood, in this case using a species that has the characteristic of having resinous wood, favorable for the generation and obtaining of fire, a technology that would have extended over the period of 3,000 years in the prehistory of the Peruvian coast.

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First Page

73

Last Page

84

Publication Title

Archaeobios

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