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- Title
Identification by histology of wooden implements from two coastal prehistoric sites in the Casma Valley, Peru.
- Authors
Pozorski, Shelia; Rosales Tham, Teresa E.; Pozorski, Thomas; Vásquez Sánchez, Víctor F.
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
PERU; WOOD; HISTOLOGY; MESQUITE; WOODEN beams; ANATOMY; CAROB; COASTS
- Publication
Archaeobios, 2023, Vol 1, Issue 18, p62
- ISSN
1996-5214
- Publication type
Article